Philip Brasher

The future of Feed the Future is looking a bit murky. The Obama administration is eager to get Congress to write the $1 billion-a-year initiative into law

Key congressional Republicans are raising concerns about the just-completed Pacific Rim trade pact, in part because the Obama administration didnPt insist on protecting U.S. tobacco products from regulations in other countries.

Amid a power struggle in the House Republican caucus, the White House has started negotiations with congressional leaders on a sweeping budget deal that will be critical to GOP hopes to roll back some of President ObamaPs regulatory agenda.

The United States and 11 other Pacific rim nations announced a landmark trade agreement after a last-minute push by New Zealand to lower U.S. barriers to dairy imports. The deal, reached in a final round of negotiations Atlanta, will allow the Trans-Pacific Pa

A group of evangelical Christian leaders have launched an effort to educate people in the pews on a biblical imperative to take care of animals, including in agriculture. The initiative, called Every Living Thing, launched Wednesday with the release of a statement signed by top eva

Key lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to make sure any final Trans-Pacific Partnership deal addresses the concerns of U.S. industry, including the dairy sector. Dairy is one of the remaining key issues to be settled in the 12-nation negotiations this

With just hours to spare, Congress averted a government shutdown by passing a stopgap spending bill to fund operations to Dec. 11. Fiscal 2016 starts Thursday, but Congress has been unable to agree on any of the 12 appropriations bills that fund agencies.

The odds-on favorite to be the next House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, could hardly come from a more important agricultural district in the nation.