Philip Brasher

Chairman Mike Conaway, Vice-President Elect Mike Pence, Trump administration, President Obama, Tom Vilsack, Senator Pat Roberts, China, genetically engineered crops, Joint commission on Commerce and Trade, Organic Standards Board, Sam Farr,

Lawmakers return this week for a lame duck session that will lay the groundwork for the next Congress

Donald Trump overcame the odds and most pollsters predictions to become president of the United States, beating Hillary Clinton

The next administration at USDA will face budget, staffing and technology challenges and will need to gear up unusually quickly to assist Congress in writing a new farm bill, according to veterans of the department.

- Some farm and agribusiness sectors are concerned that USDA is moving forward with a plan to overhaul its rules for regulating genetically engineered crops separately from a broader, government-wide review of biotech regulations.

President-Elect, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Trade Policy, Rust Belt, Tom Vilsack, Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Roy Blunt, Representative David Young, Roger Marshall, Tim Huelskamp, James Comer, Massachusetts, National Pork Producers Counc

Secretary Tom Vilsack, Hillary Clinton, Ohio, Iowa, RealClearPolitics, Donald Trump,Mary Kay Thatcher, Mexico, U.S. Meat Export Federation, peso, GMO Labeling, preemption, John Anzalone, Dan Glickman, U.S. Infastructure

GAO, USDA, EPA, Government Accountability Office, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-CALF USA, cattle prices, North American Meat Institute, NCBA, FIFRA, Neonictinoids, hydrophonics, Cornucopia Institute, Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture

Tanimura & Antle, a leading grower of salad greens and other fresh produce, isnt immune from the labor squeeze facing the rest of agriculture, and company officials say they have little hope that Congress will pass immigration reform.

Michael Froman, Trans-Pacific Partnership, biotech overhaul, White House Office of Science and technology Policy, American Farm Bureau Federation, USTR, EPA, Pesticide issues, biotech policy, Senator Charles Grassley, Bayer, Monsanto, Justice Dep