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The European Union Court of Justice’s recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval process as traditional transgenic genetically modified plants has sent shock waves around the world and its greatest impact will be on those who are hungry and food insecure.

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced plans to move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture from their present homes in Washington, D.C., to somewhere, anywhere else but Washington.

Today, the USDA will receive the last expressions of interests from states hoping to become the new home for the Economic Research Service, currently located in Washington, DC.

I want to talk about a frog today, but before the frog hops up on the table – just a few words on the subject of trade.

As the Trump Administration presses ahead with ambitious trade policy pursuits, the economic fortunes of cattlemen and cattlewomen are on the line.

Congress is in the midst of updating, as it does about every five years, the so-called farm bill, our nation’s comprehensive agricultural and food policy.

American farmers and agricultural companies have always been global leaders.

I was stunned when I saw the USDA announcement that they were moving their food, agriculture and economics research agencies outside of Washington, DC.

Soil quality has long been defined by measurable physical and chemical attributes.

Will President Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh be approved?