Sara Wyant

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture, held a public hearing to examine specialty crop priorities for the 2013 farm bill today but heard growers say that immigration reform is one of the most pressing issues they face.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., plans to start marking up a new five-year farm bill on May 15, according to committee spokesperson Tamara Hinton.

While noting that “we do not envy your position,” in the current budget environment, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman took issue with USDA’s plan to cut direct payments by 8.5 percent as part of the agency’s sequestration cuts.

Performance measures used by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) were not designed to effectively evaluate the effects of the 2009 stimulus package on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The Obama administration plans to continue its partnership efforts to produce aviation fuels from renewable feedstocks

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 – Two long-time advocates of labeling genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food products may be ready to lead a campaign

the White House approved Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.

As members of Congress prepare to write a new farm bill, members of the crop insurance industry are launching an aggressive campaign

The American Farm Bureau Federation is sending a new farm bill proposal to Capitol Hill today

Sara Wyant, President of Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. and Lynn Henderson, Publisher of Agri Marketing magazine, announce a content agreement.