Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -Even though the odds of passing some type of immigration reform legislation before the November elections seem highly unlikely, a new survey of voters indicates that there is strong public support for allowing immigrant farm workers to legally work in the United States.

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -Although the investigation to uncover the true circumstances around the collapse of MF Global and the subsequent $1.2 billion of misplaced customer funds is still progressing, regulators are proposing new rules to prevent another similar event, including a “Corzine rule”

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -The largest ever U.S. agricultural trade mission to China has already paid dividends for some of the nearly 40 participating American companies, a senior USDA official said.

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -Food manufacturers and their trade associations in the United States and Latin America are accelerating a campaign to protect generic food product names that the European Union has been trying to restrict only to the products made in Europe.

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -The Department of the Interior last week released guidelines the agency says will help wind energy project developers avoid or minimize impacts of land-based wind projects on wildlife and their habitats.

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 -Biofuels advocates are finding themselves divided by the nature in which their respective products are manufactured. Those who promote algae-based biofuels

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 -Environmental groups last week filed separate federal lawsuits, charging that the EPA has refused to address the causes of the summertime “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, a situation, the groups say, is ‘a critical pollution problem [EPA] has acknowledged for decades.

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 -The U.S. agricultural trade surplus forecast for fiscal year 2012 is 43% lower than last year’s positive trade balance due to weather-related issues and competition in other parts of the world, said Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Acting Under Secretary Michael Sc

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 -While riding a wave of conspicuous strength in the cultural marketplace, alternative agriculture still has a long way to go capture the hearts and minds of rank-and-file food consumers

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 -Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen and other RFA officials told reporters and stakeholders Monday that E15 (15%) ethanol blend gasoline is within weeks of commercial distribution.