Articles by Sara Wyant

In a series of hard-fought battles, Republicans won control of the Senate Tuesday night by securing major re-election victories for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, while winning at least seven U.S. Senate seats that had previously been held by Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its final total for U.S. agricultural exports in Fiscal Year 2014

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion, will be available nationwide for farmers of select crops starting in the spring of 2015. Program details will be announced in December 2014

A new report by the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) indicates that global agricultural productivity is not accelerating fast enough to meet the expected agricultural demand for sustainable production by 2050

Congressional inaction and continued uncertainty about a package of more than 50 tax extenders could complicate the 2015 tax filing season and force the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to postpone the opening on the 2015 filing season, warned IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a recent letter to Sena

USDA will expand the parameters for eligibility and increase farm lending limits to help more beginning and family farmers, the agency announced today

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2014 - Got dairy cows? If so, the state of Missouri would like to invite you and your cows to relocate.

In the past, Northeast China has been a difficult market for U.S. companies to crack. The region is traditionally an area of farming and manufacturing, making it difficult to find a place for U.S. agricultural exports, notes USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).