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In House leadership votes Wednesday, Republicans picked John Boehner (R-OH) and Democrats picked Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), but while Boehner was unopposed, Pelosi faced a strong challenge from Blue Dog conservative Democrat Health Shuler of North Carolina.

Internet broadband development is vital to creating jobs and growth in rural America and must not be limited by letting the Federal Communication Commission impose net neutrality.

What’s ahead for Washington this week as Congress begins its lame duck session with an overcrowded agenda featuring funding the government, tax cuts and the nuclear weapons treaty.

As part of President Obama’s National Export Initiative, the Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service has provided over $248 million to support more than 100 organizations’ efforts to expand commercial markets for U.S. agricultural exports.

Record-setting USDA Wetlands Reserve Program signup benefits farmers, wildlife and recreation, with over 2.3 million areas now covered by this federal voluntary conservation program.

Americans can enjoy a diversified Thanksgiving meal this year for only $43.47 for 10 people, including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings, up only about 1.3 percent in price from last year according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Sen. Harkin urges Senate Majority Leader Reid to include biofuels in energy bill and extend VEETC ethanol tax break.

Erskin Bowles, Alan Simpson deficit reduction commission draft report's recommendations would impact agriculture, cutting farm subsidies $3 billion per year by reducing direct payments and other subsidies, Conservation Security Program funding, and funding for the Market Access Program.

The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) wants the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to apply the same regulatory approach to agricultural swap transactions as it does for non-agricultural swaps.