Articles by Philip Brasher

Net farm income is likely to be flat next year despite an increase in government payments but should improve somewhat in the following two years, according to a new analysis.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, TPP votes, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Tax Extenders, Chairman Kevin Brady, House Ways and Means Committee, Tax extenders, Estate Tax rules, Senate Finance Committee, Livestock Auction Regulations, Senator Jon Tester

Stopgap Spending Bill, continuing resolution, water bill, Mike Steenhoek, Soy Transportation Coalition, CFTC, Chris Brummer, Brian Quintez, International Treaty on Plant Genetics Resources for Food and Agriculture, American Seed Trade Association, Estate Tax

The House approved a $5 billion water infrastructure bill Wednesday, setting the stage for negotiations with the Senate on a compromise version that can be passed after the election. A $10.6 billion Water Resources Development Act that the Senate passed earlier this month

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Democrats need to do a better job of connecting with rural voters on their economic concerns in order to carry critical Midwest states in November. Vilsack, in an appearance at The Washington Post on Tuesday, the morning after the first presidenti

Economists at Texas A&M University say the Bayer-Monsanto merger would boost cottonseed prices by more than 18 percent while the pending combination of Dow and DuPont would lead to far more modest increases in the prices of corn and soybean seed.

Egg producers are facing a massive bill, estimated be at least $5.6 billion, to remove the cages from their farms, and they fear the cost could turn out to be steeper. Now, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has become personally involved in an effort to work with the fo

Trans-Pacific Partnership, House Ways and Means Committee, Michael Froman, Kevin Brady, Chairman Orrin Hatch, Mitch McConnell, Secretary Tom Vilsack, Child Nutrition, Senator John Thune, Senator Pat Roberts, Government Shutdown, Harry Reid

The Food and Drug Administration is considering new regulations for foods labeled healthy in light of changing scientific thinking about fats and the types of vitamins and minerals that consumers most need.

Lawmakers are eager to get home to campaign but first have to take care of some critical unfinished business this week, starting with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running after the new fiscal year starts on Saturday.