The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a bid to relax the federal standard for renewable fuels in the U.S. gasoline supply for 2008 and 2009, asserting that the mandate for more ethanol in gasoline has not had a major effect on food prices. More>>

The Agriculture Department published a request in the Federal Register Wednesday seeking public input on its “Strategic Plan for Climate Change Research, Education and Extension.” The strategic plan will guide which priority actions USDA will undertake to address climate change issues. More>>

Urban agriculture has been slowly growing since the late 1990s according to an Examiner article. More>>

The Congressional Budget Office says the federal budget will post a sharp increase in red ink in the current budget year, estimating the 2008 cash shortfall to climb to somewhere around $400 billion. More>>

The Agriculture Department will allow landowners in areas hit by floods earlier this year to harvest hay from their Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage. More>>

The National Corn Growers Association is concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to revoke food tolerances for carbofuran, an important pesticide used to control corn rootworm. More>>