Articles by Sara Wyant

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) implemented a new program for beginning farmers that provides an alternative for intergenerational transfers of farm real estate.

Mitt Romney pulled off a win in the Iowa caucus last night by a tiny margin, with just eight more Republican caucus votes than runner-up Rick Santorum

Throughout the first nine months of calendar 2011, farmland values in much of the Midwest and Great Plains posted their year-over-year gains of 25 percent or more, marking the largest annual increase since the late 1970s

Custom harvesters traveled to Capitol Hill prior to the Christmas break in hopes of persuading the House Transportation Committee to hold a hearing on legislation to modify a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulation

The California Air Resource Board says it will appeal a decision by a federal court judge preventing implementation of the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised $317,325 in campaign contributions from farm and agribusiness interests last year.

McDonald’s Corporation said that, by 2022, the fast-food giant will no longer buy any pork from suppliers that use gestation stalls to confine pregnant sows.

Farm Broadcaster Mark Pearson dead at 54

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute released a new analysis of the potential impacts of key farm program changes.

a House subcommittee will address a topic that is sure to resonate with thousands of farmers and ranchers: “Planning for the Death Tax: Can small businesses survive?”