Articles by Philip Brasher

The Senate this week will decide the fate of a landmark compromise on biotech labeling, with food and agriculture looking to preserve the large bipartisan majority that supported a pivotal procedural move to bring up the legislation.

Today is the day that many in food and agriculture have been dreading - and that many consumer activists have been eagerly anticipating. Vermont s mandatory GMO labeling is now officially in effect. The law is likely to be short-lived, with the Senate now on track to pass

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The Senate Agriculture Committee�s compromise on GMO labeling passed a key test Wednesday evening when the Senate voted 68-29 to take up the legislation over the objections of Democratic critics.

The oil and gas industry joined livestock producers and Western state governors in challenging a Bureau of Land Management proposal to overhaul the way it develops regional resource management plans

Supporters of the Senates compromise on biotech labeling are confident it will have the 60 votes necessary to pass the Senate but that action may not come until next week. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders confirmed to Agri-Pulse that he has put a hold on the bill, which complicates

Congress is poised to write into law controversial new ways of delivering food aid while also cementing the cornerstone of President Obama�s legacy in international development � the Feed the Future initiative.

The Senate will likely vote on the biotech disclosure agreement soon after returning next week from the long Independence Day weekend, says Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts. Roberts, R-Kan., told Agri-Pulse Wednesday morning that Majority Leader Mitch

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Farm groups and their allies in the food industry are mobilizing calls and emails to press senators to pass the historic agreement on national standards for disclosure of GMOs.