Articles by Sara Wyant

President Barack Obama devoted his weekly address to focus on the drought crippling farmers across the heartland and to what he described as an “all-hands-on-deck response” from his administration

The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) announced plans to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday in an effort to stop the agency from allowing the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) to receive any funding from the national beef checkoff.

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 -An attorney who specializes in farm payment limit/eligibility law calls the changes included in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version of a new farm bill “absurd” and “ridiculous,” but he’s certain that most of his clients would not lose their eligibility if the changes

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WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -A recently released draft guidance document from FDA addressing the use of nanotechnology in food production suggests that companies using the technology in food and packaging manufacturing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