Philip Brasher

Farmers are feeling better about the farm economy this year after an upturn in grain and wheat prices last month, according to a new monthy survey of producer attitudes. The Ag Economy Barometer, produced by Purdue University and the CME Group, indicates that producers@ outloo

A growing glut of peanuts is causing headaches for the Agriculture Department, even as subsidies to peanut growers are posing challenges for farm groups and policy makers as they start discussions on the next farm bill.

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The Agriculture Department`s plan for a `radical` overhaul of the way it regulates biotech crops risks disrupting exports of U.S. farm commodities unless the changes are coordinated with importing countries, say agribusiness groups say. The organizations al

Frustration in the organic industry is mounting over the difficulty of keeping organic seed free of any detectable level of genetic engineering. Organic seed producers continue to call on the federal government to force the conventional industry to provide compensation for the contamination

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House Republicans are looking to move an overhaul of child nutrition programs against stiff Democratic resistance, while the Senate GOP plots a more bipartisan authorization bill for waterway projects.