Sara Wyant

(Editors Note: I was invited to share some of the national and international trends that can impact agriculture as a kickoff to this meeting, Shaping Our Own Destiny, The Future of Agriculture in Pickaway County, on March 17. As someone who has watched urban

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants a thorough governmental review of ChemChina's expected $43 billion purchase of Syngenta, citing concerns about U.S. food security.

Oil prices rallied earlier this week as many analysts expected declines in oil drilling would shrink global supplies, but the upswing didn t last long.

In their continued effort to expand the use of renewable fuels, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey announced Tuesday that $2.5 million has been awarded through the second round of the  Fueling Our Future 100 

Farmers and crop consultants have gained a new independent tool to help them better assess how software and fertilizer management products actually work in different regions and various soil types.

What do strawberries, fresh market tomatoes and onions all have in common? In terms of the average federal premium subsidy per crop insurance policy in 2015, these crops top the list, according to a new analysis by Mississippi State Agricultural Economist Keith Coble.

- Despite some marketplace and regulatory challenges, the ethanol industry is poised for continued expansion. That was one of the key messages delivered during Growth Energy s seventh annual Executive Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. earlier this week.

A bill to double Oregon s renewable energy mandate could be headed for Senate consideration as early as today, after being passed by the House earlier this year.

The federal crop insurance program can celebrate several successes, but one of the biggest comes from reducing the improper payment rate by more than 50 percent

If one headline could summarize the challenges confronting the crop insurance industry in 2016, it might be PNo Shortage of Critics,P lamented Mary Kay Thatcher, senior director for congressional relations with the American Farm Bureau Federation, in a speech to industry le