Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a report USDA officials said highlights “the ways in which USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) contributes to U.S. energy independence and helps rural small businesses and farmers become more energy efficient.”

– A new report comparing the farm safety net provisions of the House and Senate farm bills on 64 representative crop farms finds that, under prices projected in the current farm bill baseline, those farms would prefer the House Agriculture Committee’s Price Loss Coverage (PLC) option over any optio

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012-With Russia set to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in August of this year, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony Thursday on the implications of the accession for the United States.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012-An amendment to the surface transportation bill that would revive and extend expired and existing renewable energy tax credits

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012-A Senate Agriculture Committee farm bill hearing on risk management and commodities scheduled for Wednesday was pushed back to Thursday due to a busy Senate floor schedule.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 -In a case with national implications, North Carolina’s largest egg producing facility is continuing its fight though an appeals process in a 10-year legal dispute with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 -As the frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary race for delegates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues to exhibit a strong organizational structure and, as part of his ground game, he’s ramping up his outreach to the agricultural community.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012 -The leading House critic of non-therapeutic antibiotic use in cattle, hogs and chickens said the GOP majority won’t schedule a hearing this year on her legislation to limit their use to sick animals.

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2012-Amendments adopted Tuesday during Senate debate on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill would provide exemptions sought by some ag groups to ease restrictions on farm vehicles