Articles by Sara Wyant

After speaking on the House floor Tuesday afternoon in support of a the 2013 farm bill, Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., seemed upbeat about the potential for gaining more GOP votes.

Advocates for passage of a 2013 farm bill are increasingly worried that the House floor debate – expected to begin this evening - will look more like a circular firing squad, with traditional supporters lining up to attack each other in ways that could lead to defeat of the overall bill.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Michael Scuse is leading a U.S. delegation to Turkey June 10-14 with hopes of further expanding relationships

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, said that, despite some concerns about a new farm bill, he plans to vote for the measure.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture trimmed its forecast for agricultural exports in 2013, from $142 billion to $139.5 billion, but the number still represents a nominal record that’s $3.7 billion above last year.

The Obama Administration called for more crop insurance, commodity cuts in a Statement of Administration Policy on the Senate farm bill

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp wants to remove the linkage between conservation compliance and crop insurance in the Senate version of a new farm bill

Lobbying expenses reported by food and agribusiness companies and trade associations and producer groups last year totaled $137,853,745, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics from lobbyist disclosure filings in Congress. The total is up from $131,031,173 reported the prev

With Senator Thad Cochran now serving as the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, the south appears to be rising again.