Articles by Sara Wyant

Washington will focus on budget issues this week as Rep. Paul Ryan announces his “Blueprint for American Renewal” budget during a speech to the American Enterprise Institute Tuesday

Renewable energy advocates will be watching closely this week to see if some of their favorite tax incentives will be renewed and extended as part of a surface transportation bill

Biobased product manufacturers located in the U.S. could get tax breaks and new incentives to boost production with the “Grow it Here, Make it Here,” legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

Mitt Romney stuck to farm policy themes that he has outlined in his previous run for the presidency: Food security, no unilateral disarmament, and open markets for agricultural products

Sen. John Thune, R-SD, confirmed reports that the Senate Agriculture Committee may try and mark up a new farm bill at the committee level before Easter

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan released USDA’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” Compass and report today to harsh reaction from Sen. Pat Roberts, R-KS. who said the effort isn’t “steeped in reality”

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry meet on Tuesday for a hearing focused on future conservation challenges as they relate to the next Farm Bill.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) and dozens of other plaintiff growers and organizations against Monsanto Company.

the Environmental Working Group (EWG), released a new paper to make the case for linking crop insurance benefits to conservation cross-compliance and updating farmers’ conservation plans.