Articles by Whitney Forman-Cook

The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has passed its version of the Bipartisan Sportman�s Act (S.659), but not without pushback from Democrats and some conservation groups.

Robert Fraley, Monsanto`s chief technology officer, admitted that his company has `done a lousy job` of selling the public on genetically modified (GM) seeds and other agricultural products.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held its first hearing of the New Year on Tuesday to discuss America`s long- and short-term energy outlook.

The Senate farm bill debates in 2012 and 2013 provide several clues as to how some of the major presidential candidates view issues such as crop insurance, conservation and biotechnology.

Now that some of the biggest grocery chains, food processing firms and fast food restaurants have jumped on the cage-free egg bandwagon, what`s to come of the traditional `caged` egg industry in the United States?

So what does rural America look like once you open the hatch and take a look under the hood? USDA`s Economic Research Service (ERS) held a webcast last week to highlight findings from its 2015 "Rural America at a Glance" report,

President Barack Obama has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead a coordinated, interagency effort to curb heroin and opioid abuse in rural America.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Wednesday it will extend deregulation of the J.R. Simplot CompanyÐs Innate Potato to another Simplot genetically engineered (GE) potato with the same traits.

Consumers have favored small, craft distilleries as of late, but large and well-established brands of spirits are still holding their own in the market, according to a new report.

South Africa has agreed to end its trade bans on U.S. poultry, pork and beef after years of negotiation and a recent ultimatum from President Barack Obama, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.