Articles by Philip Brasher

Lawmakers are joining farm groups in urging President Obama to push Chinese President Xi Jinping next week to accelerate approvals of genetically engineered food.

American agricultural exporters can start opening offices and storage facilities in Cuba, under a series of steps finalized by the Obama administration to ease restrictions on business and travel. The businesses also will be authorized to hire Cuban nationals and maintain bank accounts in

Rep. Randy Neugebauer, who has played a role in both agriculture and banking policy, announced that he wonÀt seek re-election for an eighth term in his west Texas district.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2015 - Senate Republican critics of the Obama administrationÀs Clean Water Act rule, initiated another long-shot attempt to strike it down, this time through a disapproval resolution that would have to be enacted over a presidential veto.

Increased funding that the Food and Drug Administration officials say is critical to implementing sweeping new food-safety regulations will be at stake in this fall°s budget negotiations. A key Senate budget writer assured FDA officials on Wednesday that he will make it a priority to

Conservation organizations and some farm groups are urging congressional budget writers are being urged to restore cuts made in the fiscal 2016 spending bills and to reject a delay in new conservation compliance requirements for crop insurance.

The Senate Agriculture Committee reached a bipartisan agreement with the House for extending grain inspection standards and livestock price reporting with protections to prevent future disruptions in service. The legislation, which has the support of the House Agriculture Committee, wo

This fall is shaping up to be key for federal wildlife policy. First, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is due this month to decide whether the sage grouse needs to be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

A leading environmental group is exploring a plan to pay farmers to set aside edges or corners of their fields to serve as habitat for the monarch butterfly.

Farm program payments shouldn°t come anywhere close to exceeding the annual limit that the United States can spend on trade-distorting subsidies under World Trade Organization rules, according to a new analysis published in the economic research journal Choices.