Sara Wyant

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.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 - While the investigation of MF Global’s collapse continues to raise questions of ethical conduct, fiscal propriety and liability, a group of Montana farmers are seeking answers at the courthouse.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -Retiring Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is determined to play a prominent role in the development of a new farm bill.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -With record floods in North Dakota and along many parts of the Missouri River basin last year, and extreme drought across much of Texas, it’s not surprising that crop insurance payouts in 2011 are headed to record levels.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -The 2011 demise of the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit for ethanol blenders is prompting a “rush” among ethanol producers to extract more corn oil to make up the loss in revenue

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -A conference of water experts meeting in New Mexico last month say renewable energy will be key to developing and improving desalination water projects throughout the United States.

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2012 -Many farmers oppose new environmental regulations, but a chance to voluntarily comply with regulations in exchange for some type of “certainty” carries some appeal especially when stiff fines or lawsuit-happy environmental groups are presented as alternatives.