Articles by Sara Wyant

The U.S. House of Representatives returns from its break on Tuesday to a political environment that’s largely unchanged from December.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told American Farm Bureau Federation members gathered here for their 93rd annual meeting that he is listening to their concerns about overegulation and is making tough choices to downsize his agency in leiu of tough fiscal challenges.

HONOLULU, Jan. 8 – While noting that our nation’s tight budget constraints will likely dictate how much of a role the government will play in providing a farm bill safety net for farmers and ranchers, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman had one primary request for delegate

Most of the national news media, political pundits, and lawmakers who are stumping for their favorite candidates are in the Hawkeye state for the Iowa caucuses.

Congressional leaders finally reached a new compromise on a $1 trillion spending bill for federal agencies under the remaining nine Appropriations bills for fiscal

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 – It’s Christmas time in Washington and the city is brimming with beautiful lights, holiday parties, pledges of good cheer and a substantial “to do” list before lawmakers finally decide to call it a wrap for the year.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, by 268-150.

Lawmakers want to hear Jon Corzine, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey and governor of that state, explain what happened with billions of dollars lost in the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd., the eighth largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced today that it will go ahead with the first phase of plans to update the methodology used to set crop insurance premiums, leading to lower insurance premium rates for many corn and soybean producers in the 2012 crop year and potentially other crops in th