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The U.S. Senate April 24 voted to confirm the nomination of Gov. Sonny Perdue, R-GA, by a vote of 87-11, as secretary of agriculture. Perdue's cousin,…
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Update 1/25/2017: The Agricultural Research Service rescinded its initial directive in an email to employees Tuesday evening.Just one day after directing…
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Employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s main research arm, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), received an email from the division’s chief…
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President Obama’s two-term agriculture secretary will soon slip through one of Washington’s revolving doors and switch from government official to private…
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Rural voters, many of them farmers, helped get Donald Trump elected last month, and now chicken farmers in particular are hoping that he will get behind…
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Farmers are getting older. At one time, the physical challenges driving them from the farm are now being overcome with the help of a program called the…