Articles by Sara Wyant

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced that his office is preparing to sue the state of California because of the state’s new law which sets standards requiring more space for all egg-laying hens.

The value of U.S. beef exports - up nearly 16 percent to Japan, 56 percent to Mexico, 182 percent to Hong Kong and more than 41 percent to South Korea in September – is on track to exceed the 2012 record of $5.51 billion, according to USDA data analyzed by the U.S. Meat Export Federation

farm, feed and credit organizations want a new Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner with agricultural background

White House plans to nominate Massad to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection (FSIS) found itself in between a rock and a hard space this weekend, essentially telling top Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., that they were wrong.

Tobacco quota owners and growers are increasingly worried that USDA might trim their 2014 TTPP payments by more than seven percent as part of sequestration – undercutting the financial stability of thousands of farmers and their lenders.

Although the final tally will not be known until all absentee ballots are counted, Washington voters were largely rejecting Initiative 522 on Tuesday night – a measure that would have mandated labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods on the front of packages containing GM ingredients.

North Dakotans and Canadians share a border and lots of common interests, but when it comes to Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL), at least one former North Dakotan – who now serves as President of the National Farmers Union – has had enough of hearing about how Canadians think Americans should gove

USDA?s Risk Management Agency (RMA) released their harvest price levels today, allowing growers who purchased revenue assurance with the harvest price option to compare with spring-projected prices and estimate whether or not they may be eligible for insurance claims.