Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Canada is counting on livestock interests south of the border to help persuade the Obama administration to forgo an appeal of a World Trade Organization ruling against the U.S. country- of-origin labeling (COOL) program.

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Lobbyists representing a wide range of energy-related interests that have often found themselves in conflict in past years reached a somewhat definitive consensus

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee seem to have much of the 2012 Farm Bill’s Conservation Title’s parameters wrapped up, but must prepare for Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget numbers in late March

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Selling farm products directly to consumers through on-farm sales, agritourism, farmers markets and CSA operations will only continue to grow with the next generation of farmers

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Ag groups and a key Senate ally accelerated their push for a legislative fix for new – and what they say are duplicative - pesticide permitting requirements ahead of the Mar. 1 launch of EPA enforcement activity.

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Tax season brings additional anxiety to farmers and ranchers with losses in the MF Global collapse. Many are struggling to receive 1099 forms for their taxes to help prepare their returns for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -More than 2,000 people turned out for USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum last week to hear the projections of agriculture’s paramount analytical organization

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -A decision by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow to move up the two remaining scheduled farm bill hearings by a week

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Agricultural interests in drought-stricken Texas cheered a state court ruling on groundwater rights and hoped a state agency wouldn’t cut off irrigation water to farmers in three counties that produce 5% of the U.S. rice crop.

WASHINGTON, February 29, 2012 -Americans may be eating less meat these days, but not because they’re avoiding it for health reasons or because the economy is pinching. It’s because farmers are producing less