Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -Even though biodiesel producers are facing the same situation this year that it did in 2010 when expiration of the biodiesel tax incentive crippled production, the most important issue for the industry in 2012 is the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2).

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -The American Farm Bureau Federation will meet with the Department of Labor next week to discuss the revised agricultural child labor rules first proposed last September.

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -The House Science, Space and Technology Committee Tuesday morning marked up and sent to the House floor a measure calling on the EPA to commission a National Academy of Sciences study of the effects of blending 15 percent ethanol in gasoline.

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -Agency officials and constituent groups are braced for more belt-tightening when President Obama’s budget for USDA is made public Monday.

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -The trustee for the liquidation of MF Global Inc. reported dim hopes for retrieving the remaining customer funds lost in the broker-dealer’s collapse last fall.

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Cattlemen’s Beef Board buried the hatchet last week during their joint annual meeting in Nashville and vowed to work together to ensure a successful and sustainable U.S. beef industry.

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -USDA’s proposal to deregulate a biotech corn variety that tolerates the 2,4-D herbicide is encountering resistance from more than traditional foes of biotechnology, raising questions about whether the biotech community will hold together as even more new traits are off

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -Farm Service Agency offices are holding the last of their public meetings this week to discuss the proposed closures announced by USDA in its “Blueprint for Stronger Service.”

WASHINGTON, February 8, 2012 -With Doha Round trade agreement negotiations stalled and bilateral agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama ratified by Congress last year, U.S. farm and agribusiness groups have focused increasing hope on negotiating a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -Most major farm organizations and commodity groups agree on one thing: Federal crop insurance should continue to be an important part of the safety net for 2012 and beyond.