Articles by Sara Wyant

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?”

The Congressional Budget Office released its official score of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, S. 3240, today.

Syngenta and attorneys for several community water systems agreed to settle litigation related to the herbicide atrazine for $105 million

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate, supported by the Humane Society of the U.S. and the United Egg Producers, that would create a federal animal care standard for 280 million egg-laying hens.