Derrick Cain

The Brazil sugar industry receives about $2.5 billion annually in direct payments and indirect assistance from its government, report says.

agriculture stakeholders will be closely watching this week for the introduction of a comprehensive immigration reform package that looks to reshape the farm worker program

A group of senators, labor unions and farm groups announced today that they have reached an agreement on a framework for a farm worker program.

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., reiterated today that the Senate will soon debate a farm bill that he hopes will be focused more on crop insurance and conservation than direct payments.

The administration released a fiscal year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday that includes a mostly flat $22.6 billion in discretionary funding to the Agriculture Department and would eliminate direct farm payments while trimming both crop insurance subsidies and conservation programs.

Spring has finally sprung in the nation’s capital and lawmakers are making their return from a two-week recess.