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As we look ahead to a new year, a new Administration and a new farm bill, itÐs important to recognize what works and what doesnÐt. Top of my list of approaches that really work? Voluntary conservationÐno surprise there.

As the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I can confidently say that there is no issue in global security more timely or relevant than food security.

The fallout and analysis of the 2016 election has started in earnest, and Democrats are seeking to understand how this election went wrong. What strikes me the most is that, for all the changes to American society, economy, and demographics, rural America can still have a s

Last month I argued that there is no need for a specific sustainability title in the next farm bill, but that there is a definite need to consider the impact of other titles on sustainability as we advance further into the 21st Century. This month, I want to examine another aspect of s

Thereðs no sustainability title in the 2014 Farm Bill, and there probably shouldnðt be one in the 2018 bill either. But as the next farm bill develops, we need to keep sustainability in the forefront of our thinking as we envision agriculture in the 21st Century.

While agriculture, like many other issues, has been overshadowed in the presidential campaign this year, if you look closely there is evidence on how Secretary Clinton would approach agriculture policy and rural America:

This week hundreds of stakeholders with an interest in food security will convene in Iowa for an annual commemoration of the legacy of agricultural innovator Norman Borlaug. One of the highlights of this week-long celebration is the awarding of the World Food Prize. This year, I am

The 2014 Farm Bill included a number of measures to encourage and support beginning farmers along with others such as socially disadvantaged, limited resource and returning military veteran farmers. There are a plethora of well-intended programs and special provisions or exceptions acr

Trade myths, Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, misconceptions, 1930 Smoot Hawley Tariff Act, President Hoover, tariff, tax, global trading system, tax policy, bank closingins

Last week, 2,000 delegates convened at the United Nations in Nairobi, Kenya with the singlePminded passion to scale up African agriculture. The African Green Revolution Forum (the Forum) included heads of state (and former heads of state), the African Union&