Articles by Derrick Cain

Lawmakers are expected to focus on Tuesday’s release of President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget request

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy met with three lawmakers today in North Dakota to discuss an array of energy-related issues, including the agency’s proposed rule on reducing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the administration’s views on the future of coal.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., released draft legislation today that promises sweeping changes to the nation’s tax system, increased economic growth, lower tax rates, and job creation – but the bill faces an up-hill battle to get through Congress.

The United States wasted about 31 percent, or 133 billion pounds, of its food supply in 2010 with a value of

Congress returns from its recess today and many agricultural stakeholders are watching for what lawmakers do to assist with the devastating drought in Southern California.

The nation must invest in improving resilience to the impact of climate change and to extreme weather events such as wildfires, droughts, flooding, tornadoes, and snow storms, lawmakers were told recently.

The administration said today it is directing USDA to accelerate programs that would aid drought efforts in California and other states.

The greatest risks to the farm sector this year may come from lower-than-expected commodity prices, followed by higher-than-expected costs for fertilizer, fuel, and other inputs, according to a majority of 49 agricultural banks surveyed in the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor, published by the F

Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, introduced legislation (H.R. 4051) Wednesday that would establish a grant program through USDA to invest in renewable and alternative fuel infrastructure.

The Senate approved Wednesday, on a party-line vote of 55-43, legislation that would lift the nation’s debt ceiling until March 2015 and avert a potential government default at the end of this month.