Articles by Derrick Cain

The House Republican leadership released a list of principles today that could lead to a pathway to legal status, but not citizenship, for many undocumented people, including farm workers.

While President Obama is widely expected to receive a five-year farm farm bill (H.R. 2642) next week from Congress, some senators took time today to discuss the bill on the floor ahead of Monday's procedural vote.

The House approved the five-year farm bill (H.R. 2642) today, with a 251-166 vote, sending the nearly $1 trillion agricultural policy package to the Senate.

Top House and Senate agriculture committee leaders today announced a bipartisan agreement on a five-year farm bill that promises deficit reduction, economic growth, and much-needed certainty to U.S. farmers.

Speedy negotiations on the farm bill are expected to continue this week as conferees and staff try to get a conference report approved by lawmakers – possibly as early as today

Funding by states for farm and ranchland protection programs jumped 19 percent from 2011 to 2012, but was still 39 percent below 2008 levels, according to an annual survey by the American Farmland Trust.

Republican farm bill conferees have been asked to return to the Capitol on Monday morning for a possible conference meeting.

The National Association of FSA County Office Employees (NASCOE) wrote to Senate farm bill conferees today to urge them to accept a House provision that aims to make it more difficult for the USDA to close Farm Service Agency county offices.

Lawmakers and congressional witnesses recently urged passage of legislation that would give the president fast-track? trade promotion authority (TPA).

President Obama signed into law today a $1 trillion omnibus spending package that will fund the federal government through fiscal year 2014, and provide a combined $350 million boost to USDA and FDA.