The House and Senate are now in conference and are close to agreement on legislation reauthorizing most farm programs for the next 10 years, incorporating elements from the Farm Security Act (H.R.

House and Senate Agriculture committee leaders released summaries of proposed farm bills Wednesday as they ramp up action on agricultural policy legislation, but they remain divided on food stamp ...

Agriculture is the most fundamental form of human activity. It includes not only the cultivation of crops, but also the domestication of animals. It is practised in different regions of the world, ...

July brought with it warmer than normal temperatures and limited rainfall to much of the United States, promoting rapid crop maturation while at the same time negatively impacting crop conditions and ...

Monetising certain agricultural data has been proposed under a new Agriculture Data Management Policy released by the Telangana government on July 6th. The policy, which aims to codify norms, ...

Under IDEA, the government plans to issue a unique ID number to every farmer and set up an interface that would handle multiple types of transactions in the digital agriculture space. The Indian ...

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The surface of the Earth has been transformed by agriculture. Cropland and pastureland cover more than one-third of the Earth’s ice-free surface. Of the water withdrawn from rivers, lakes, and ...

Budget 2025: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Budget 2025 on Saturday, outlining the plans for the Modi 3.0 administration. The budget has some key changes involved in different sectors, ...