Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -La Niña, a cooling of equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean that affects global weather patterns, is expected to fade away this spring, offering many U.S. growers a slightly better outlook over 2011

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -The Department of Labor is likely to be in the hot seat Thursday when a House subcommittee reviews proposed regulations that could restrict how children work on U.S. farms and ranches.

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -Although the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has made “significant” progress in its enforcement investigation of bankrupt MF Global, a number of unanswered questions still remain, Commissioner Jill Sommers told attendees at the Wheat Industry Winter Confere

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -American Vegetable Soybean (AVS) and Edamame Inc. broke ground Tuesday on an edamame processing facility in Mulberry, Ark. Edamame, one of the fastest growing specialty foods in the United States, is a soybean harvested at the peak of ripening.

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -USDA’s long-awaited new school lunch standards, unveiled last week, were met with almost universal praise from schools groups, the food industry, academics and nutrition activists for their potential for more healthful meals for 32 million students in school meal progr

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012 -U.S. military members coming home from war zones without a job and an uncertain future are being encouraged to consider farming as a career. For many, it’s what they grew up doing.

Sen. Chambliss was one of five to oppose the bill in committee, and although he was one of 90 that voted for the motion to proceed on Thursday he said that, “as of today, the bill is filled with inequities and is unbalanced.”

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 -For years, different types of eligibility and financial limits have been placed on the amount any one farmer or rancher can receive from federal farm programs. However, federal subsidies supporting crop insurance premiums, which have increased dramatically in the last coup

Four U.S. Senators introduced amendments to the 2012 farm bill today that would reduce the amount of crop insurance premium subsidies that individual farmers could receive.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -USDA is proposing the first major overhaul of its chicken and turkey slaughter inspection methods in 50 years by having its inspectors focus less on quality defects and more on the areas in poultry plants that carry greater risk of contamination with disease-causing pa