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Formal educational in rural America has grown, but still lags behind urban areas. USDA’s Economic Research Service data shows the share of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher increased in rural areas from 15 to 21 percent.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall was surprised by Ag Secretary Vilsack’s sudden decision to end the Farmers to Families Food Box program.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering.

The Bureau of Reclamation will begin the annual flip-flop operation in the Yakima Basin by gradually reducing flows out of Cle Elum Reservoir in the Upper Yakima River Basin and increasing flows from Rimrock Reservoir in the Tieton and Naches River Basins beginning the week of August 27...

A special event set for June 6 will bring federal, state, and private partners together to celebrate the completion of a nine-year, $45 million water conservation construction effort aimed at improving irrigation deliveries and enhancing instream flows for threatened and endangered fish...