Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -In his fourth State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama focused on key themes of job creation, economic fairness and the need to restore the American dream.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -POET, one of the world’s largest ethanol makers, has found itself in the odd position of not wanting the federal government loan guarantee it was tabbed to receive, and not getting the loan guarantee that it still wants.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -An Indiana tomato processor is organizing a coalition of specialty crop growers concerned about pending approval of soybeans, cotton and corn genetically engineered to tolerate 2,4-D and dicamba herbicides.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -The president may have rejected a permit for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline that would transport oil from the Alberta oil sands south to refineries in Texas.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 “early release” issued by the DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) this week projects an increase in the share of U.S. electric power generation from natural gas and renewables, growth in domestic crude oil and natural gas produc

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -Some of the best known names in the locally grown and marketed movement and its loudest voice inside the Obama Administration rallied 1,200 sustainable agriculture advocates at the 21st annual Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) conference

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -With direct payments as the “sacrificial lamb” for budget cuts in the next Farm Bill, crop insurance will become the main safety net for the nation’s growers, said Bill O’Conner

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas is dealing with a lot of moving cards as he tries to pull together a winning hand on the 2012 farm bill.

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2012 -Agriculture is the most useless college major, according to the recent Yahoo! article by Terence Loose about the National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2012 Job Outlook study, which surveyed almost 1,000 employers.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -The first of what could be several legislative attempts this year to repeal or water down the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) is expected to be launched later today, according to ag industry sources.