Articles by Whitney Forman-Cook

House Republicans ignored a White House veto threat and passed a drought relief bill thatPs sure to face staunch opposition in the Senate. The vote was 245-176 with only five Democrats voting for approval.

The Agriculture Department announced Wednesday that farmers and ranchers interested in enrolling their working grasslands in the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) may submit their applications starting Sept. 1.

President Barack Obama indicated Tuesday he would veto the House RepublicansP legislative answer to the four-year drought crippling CaliforniaPs Central Valley.

A House bill aimed at helping California farmers cope with a four-year drought was favorably reported out of the Natural Resources Committee Thursday.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard conflicting expert testimony Wednesday on whether President Barack Obama@s promise to cut U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could be achieved without additional legislation.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and chairperson of BRAC � a 40-year old anti-poverty organization that focuses on empowering the poor, and in particular women and girls � was named the 41st World Food Prize Laureate Wednesday afternoon during

Cuban market ripe for U.S. grain imports, NCGA says

A coalition of Western counties and organizations, including the National Cattlemen°s Beef Association (NCBA), filed formal protests Monday against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Ge

Witnesses told a House Education and Workforce subcommittee Wednesday that the school nutrition standards authorized by the Obama administrations Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) are a good recipe for encouraging healthy eating in schools, but could be improved with

During a Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing Tuesday, lawmakers heard testimony from panelists who ardently disagreed over whether the EPA°s Clean Power Plan (CPP) would or would not lead to a regressive °tax° on energy consumers.