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A paper documenting a research project focused on using algorithms to predict mycotoxin contamination of corn was published this month in Frontiers in Microbiology.

USDA has decided to extend a series of trial projects testing higher line speeds in six pork processing plants.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on a proposed policy focused on national forest and grassland monitoring techniques.

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Growing up, some of my fondest memories revolved around working on our cattle ranch alongside my father and grandfather. The satisfaction of a successful day’s work still resonates with me today.

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The USDA says farmers who hire H-2A laborers next year will be paying higher wages, and in some cases, the increase is large. Veronica Nigh, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, talks about the increasing costs of farm labor.

A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.