Articles by Sara Wyant

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.

As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to start writing a new farm bill over the next two weeks, farm and conservation groups reached what they described as a “delicately crafted” compromise designed to protect crop insurance from “means testing” and payment limitations while also o

With a growing number of food companies adding caffeine to everything from candy to potato chips and now chewing gum, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to review the potential impact of the stimulant on human health, especially young children.

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow plans to markup a new farm bill in committee next month and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled that the full Senate will take up a new five-year farm bill in May.