Articles by Daniel Enoch

In Missouri, Amendment 1 is the law of the land. A recount from the Aug. 5 balloting confirms that a slim majority of voters in the state approved the controversial “Right to Farm” provision.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2014 – USDA is raising its forecast for the corn and soybean crops to levels higher than the records predicted a month ago.

The advocacy group Food & Water Watch (FWW) has filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the implementation of new poultry inspection rules that would allow poultry companies to take over some inspection functions currently assigned to USDA.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow was presented today with the World Food Program USA’s McGovern-Dole Leadership Award – its highest honor -- for her efforts in fighting global hunger.

The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) says negotiators made “important progress” on a range of issues during 10 days of Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Hanoi, but apparently the contentious issue of market access wasn’t among them.

The EPA should broaden its decision-making approach from its traditional emphasis on reducing emissions and waste releases from individual point sources to “consider life-cycle effects of business processes along the entire ‘value chain’ of a product’s development, including raw material extraction

Veto recommended on bill aimed at gutting ‘Waters of U.S.’ rule

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that Congress consider reducing the level of federal premium subsidies for revenue crop insurance programs, saying the government could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year “with limited costs to individual farmers.”

Organizations representing hog farmers in the U.S., Australia, Chile and Mexico are calling on negotiators on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks to come up with a “comprehensive, high-quality” agreement that eliminates tariffs on nearly all products, including pork.

Congress returns from its August recess this week with House Republicans taking direct aim at several environmental proposals, including the EPA’s controversial plan to clarify just what waters it has jurisdiction over under the Clean Water Act.