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Christy Seyfert, Vice President of Federal Affairs for the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau, writes an opinion piece defending the federal crop insurance program as the House farm bill debate begins.

Mobile broadband access equips farmers and agri-businesses with the tools they need to compete and thrive in a global economy

However, NFU’s family farmer and rancher members think there is room for compromise on this issue.

Recently, a member of the American Farm Bureau Federation staff was interviewed on the subject of proposed changes to U.S. international food aid.

When President Obama nominated Michael Froman as U.S. Trade Representative last week, he cracked a joke about an old friend.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) multi-lateral trade pact appears destined to become the most consequential and far-reaching free trade deal of our generation

The United States imports nearly 90% of the seafood we consume, over half of which is produced through aquaculture (farm raised seafood products).

Feeding a hot and crowded planet is quickly becoming one of the principal challenges of our time.

Brazil now is a global powerhouse in agriculture. It provides much of the sugar, soybeans, corn, orange juice, coffee, beef, poultry and ethanol needed around the world.