Articles by Quentin Slater

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson says despite the talk of a farm bill extension, he’d still like to a bill done soon.

Western Growers and Wharf42 are together announcing a new initiative to better assist biopesticide companies.

A recent three-day USDA workshop focused on collaboration among industry, government, and academia for the betterment of food safety and public health.

Foreign investors own more farmland acres in the U.S. than there are total ag acres in the state of Georgia.

EPA is making significant changes to its pesticide program to comply with the Endangered Species Act.

Farmer views of the ag economy improved in October, according to a monthly survey by Purdue University and the CME Group.

Iowa congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee’s agriculture subcommittee, defended her vote against the ag appropriations bill in September, saying it "really made cuts that would undermine rural America." 

In the newest development in a series of fruit fly invasions, fruits and vegetables in portions of Ventura and Los Angeles counties are under quarantine.

Bayer said it will appeal a jury verdict from a local court in Philadelphia awarding $175 million, including $150 million in punitive damages,to an 83-year-old city resident who claimed exposure to Roundup caused his cancer.

One of the nation's largest grocers is enabling shoppers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to place digital pickup and delivery orders.