Articles by Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Major U.S. beef trading partners refrained from slapping restrictions on American shipments in the week since the discovery of BSE in an 11-year-old dairy cow in central California, but a leading industry official cautions that maintaining market access is only part of the

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -The most ambitious effort to restructure dairy programs in a generation overcame its first hurdle last week when the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that incorporates the key features of a National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) proposal.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -A recently released draft guidance document from FDA addressing the use of nanotechnology in food production suggests that companies using the technology in food and packaging manufacturing should consult with the agency.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Recent attention in the media and across the biofuels industry particularly that related to an advanced biofuels refinery set to open in Minnesota next month is putting a new spotlight on isobutanol.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -The partnership between the two largest organic producers in the world demonstrates “a truly historic agreement” and a “significant improvement to our trade relations” with the EU, Isi Siddiqui, the chief agricultural negotiator with the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office,

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Agriculture Department Chief Economist Joe Glauber said the fast start to U.S. corn planting suggests a bin-busting fall harvest and doubling of 2012-13 ending stocks.

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -By the time the Senate Agriculture Committee released their first 2012 version of the Farm Bill to the public on April 20, there were few surprises in the general outline.

Eager to demonstrate that they can address mounting crop and livestock disaster concerns before the August recess, GOP leaders are now learning that a one-year extension of the current farm bill may be creating more problems than opportunities. They don’t have enough GOP votes to support passage an

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Over the last three years, Republicans have pointed to what some view as the Obama Administration’s attack on conventional agriculture and what they describe as an onslaught of new regulations that stifle ingenuity and the American entrepreneurial spirit.

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 -A charter member of the U.S. Rice Producers Association (USRPA) is on the verge of quitting the group. The Mississippi Rice Council (MRC) voted 9-to-5 last week in favor of a resolution calling on the state’s rice farmers to end their financial relationship with USRPA on Ju