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The Food and Drug Administration will soon be micromanaging a wide range of farming-related activities for many farms.

As someone who has been engaged in many farm policy debates, I find the current conversations regarding the need for incremental farm bill changes to be disheartening.

Donald Trump has made no secret about desires to rollback a wide range of regulations.

The kids get on the bus every morning at 6:05. That’s because their bus ride in the tiny Alton school district in Oregon County, Missouri is an hour and a half long. 

Michigan produces more than 900 million pounds of apples per year so it is no wonder apples are known as one of Michigan's largest and most valuable fruit crops.

The 2018 Senate Agriculture Appropriations Report notes that global food production will have to increase by 60 percent to meet the needs of 9 billion people forecast for 2050.

Twenty million people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen are now in danger of starvation.

July 10th is U.S. Energy Independence Day, a time to celebrate Earth-friendly American ethanol.

Going to the grocery store has become a parallel experience to reading political opinions online – half truths, emotional visuals, and the ability to exist in an echo chamber only interacting with others just like you.

This week, the Senate Committee on Agriculture will discuss the past and future direction of the Farm Bill’s forestry and conservation tools and how they apply to family forest owners.