Articles by Spencer Chase

Oklahoma is the next arena for the battle over àRight to Farm,à after voters in Missouri and North Dakota chose to enshrine the controversial provision in their state constitutions.

The California Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday a notice of intent to list glyphosate, one of the most widely-used herbicides in agriculture, and three other chemicals to a list of carcinogens under the state0s Proposition 65 law.

A group of 28 agricultural organizations sent a letter to the House of Representatives today stating their objectives in the transportation funding process

A new monitoring program overseen by USDA0s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is up and running

USDA is rolling out the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program across the country

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule from going into effect on Friday in a number of states, a victory for agricultural interests and state attorneys general engaged in lawsuits to halt the rule.

Monsanto today abandoned its efforts to buy Swiss agribusiness and chemical maker Syngenta, acknowledging that its $46 billion bid had failed to meet Syngentas financial expectations.

On Friday, one of the Obama administrations most unpopular regulations could become law, much to the chagrin of many in the agricultural community.

- Canadian opposition to U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) efforts has been strong and consistent, even against a voluntary labeling proposal introduced in July.

Changes to the school lunch program mandated by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) are leaving school lunch programs across the country hungry for money, a new study says.