Federal Trade Commission

The USDA’s proposed electronic identification rule for transporting cattle over state lines. The Federal Trade Commission to look into the high prices of eggs and possible price gouging.

With food prices stabilizing, an annual American Farm Bureau survey shows little to no change in the average cost for items featured in a summer cookout.

**ChemChina’s $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission, on the condition that ChemChina divest three of its generic pesticides. The European Commission, the EU’s governing body, approved the deal last Wednesday...

Lawmakers are cued up to examine issues ranging from farm credit to the Endangered Species Act as the House Appropriations Committee meets today to mark up fiscal 2017 spending legislation for the USDA and FDA. The Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved the $21...