(Mar 21, 2008) Democratic lawmakers are questioning a Bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste.

(Mar 21, 2008) High Plains senators say a new farm bill proposal would short change farmers who have lost crops to bad weather.

(Mar 21, 2008) Efforts to contain bird flu are failing in Indonesia, increasing the possibility that the virus may mutate into a deadlier form, the leading U.N veterinary health body warned.

(Mar 21, 2008) Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including presidential candidate Barack Obama, are urging the U.S Agriculture Department to explain why it refused to cooperate with a government audit about alleged discrimination against black farmers.