Articles by Philip Brasher

A long-term budget plan unveiled by House Republicans would leave farm bill programs virtually untouched. A budget resolution that GOP leaders hope to push through the House next week, would direct the House Agriculture Committee to propose $1 billion in cuts ove

Agri-Pulse Audio Web Page Senate Republicans proposed a long-term, but essentially toothless plan to balance the budget in part with cuts in food stamps and agriculture spending.

More than 140 food and agriculture groups are warning House leaders that legislation requiring employers to use E-Verify to check the immigration status of workers would have a 0devastating impact0 on farms.

The Obama administration is promising to rewrite its proposed Clean Water Act rule to ensure that farmers have clear guidance about what streams; ditches and ponds will be regulated.

Leaders of key Senate committees are asking the Obama administration to allow more time for public comment on recommendations for the 2015 dietary guidelines.

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WASHINGTON, March 10, 2015 &#-15472; Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says he wants to have legislation ready by the beginning April to provide the president with fast-track trade authority. Hatch and the committee&#-15472;s r

A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has spread to Arkansas, the third state where the virus has been reported in the Mississippi flyway, all on turkey farms.

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