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Cardinal Turkson directly addressed the controversy surrounding biotechnology and genetic modification in the production of food using Catholic thought and Vatican II as his reference points.

Good news—the farm bill is moving once again. We have conferees named, and this week they will meet to begin reconciling the House and Senate versions of the legislation

I don’t ever recall seeing six former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture together on a land grant university stage

Their poll found nearly 80% of Americans believe we are headed in the wrong direction—a watershed number for this poll, not seen since the Watergate crisis in the Nixon Administration.

The trade discussions under way have the potential of boosting America’s economic future to a degree we can barely imagine

If the problematic provisions are adopted, our new farm policy will be promoting putting the plow to the prairie and also inviting our trading partners and competitors to take us to court for failing to meet our obligations under World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements

Fall’s Congressional agenda was overloaded before Syria was added on top of everything else. The RFS policy dynamics can change overnight with the threat of war and rising oil prices

The Farm Bill is our nation’s biggest and most important environmental initiative for private working lands, protecting farmland, improving water quality and providing wildlife habitat. Farm Bill conservation programs have strong track records

Congress returns from August Recess this week, and, as we all knew would probably occur, suddenly other much more pressing business makes Farm Bill consideration by September 30 highly unlikely

African leaders firmly believe that the transformation of African agriculture has moved beyond its tipping point and it is time to turn hoes into tractors