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What might have been a run-of-the-mill exit speech turned into a gritty fiscal policy talk today, as Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., bid farewell to his colleagues on the Senate floor.

After the Republican Steering Committee made assignments that included ousting Kansas Republican Tim Huelskamp from the House Agriculture Committee, conservative lawmakers discussed the “scorecard” they believe House leadership is keeping during a press meeting on Wednesday.

Negotiations between the House and the White House on legislation that would contribute enough deficit reduction to avert the “fiscal cliff” seem as far apart as they began, according leaders on Capitol Hill today.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, responded to three conservative House members ousted from their committee assignments by the Steering Committee.

Western Governors Association called on Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit for wind energy

The American Soybean Association (ASA) reached out to leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees on Monday to provide its views on potential provisions in a comprehensive five-year farm bill.

Another Sunday, another day of political finger pointing on the Sunday morning talk shows, with little indication that progress is being made on addressing the combination of looming tax increases and budget cuts that’s been dubbed the “fiscal cliff.”

Conservative and taxpayer groups joined the Environmental Working Group (EWG) today to oppose passage of a five-year farm bill during the lame duck session as an attachment to a fiscal cliff package.

U.S. trade officials ask Russia to lift new meat import barriers on beef and pork.

A report from the Presidential Council on Science and Technology (PCAST) released Friday concluded that the federal government needs to increase agricultural research investments by $700 million per year and adjust USDA’s research portfolio so that external funding is increased.