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With Senator Thad Cochran now serving as the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, the south appears to be rising again.

The Elvis of E. Coli, the Sinatra of Salmonella, member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee – Dr. Carl Winter goes by many names

When President Obama nominated Michael Froman as U.S. Trade Representative last week, he cracked a joke about an old friend.

The Senate Judiciary Committee began today a markup of controversial immigration reform legislation (S. 744) that seeks to create a pathway for undocumented workers, including farm workers, to earn legal status.

The release of a draft farm bill from the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee today sparked several comments – mostly, but not all, positive - from agriculture-related groups.

The Senate continued debate slowly Wednesday on the Water Resources Development Act (S. 601) after turning away an amendment dealing with gun rights and accepting amendments dealing with ocean upkeep and Asian carp prevention.

The Senate approved Wednesday night, by unanimous consent, an amendment that seeks to ensure that the EPA’s pending spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC) regulations adequately recognize the low risk of spills on U.S. farms and ranches.

Farm program payments will continue after the USDA took time to consider how to administer after budget sequestration

Many legislatures in states with concentrations of livestock and poultry production have adjourned for the year after debating and occasionally passing legislation to make it illegal for animal rights crusaders to take undercover videos inside production facilities without permission.