Policy
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s nationalism is resonating in a country furious at U.S.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is no stranger to politics – in fact, after six terms, he’s the longest-serving governor in U.S. history. But his next role as ambassador to China could prove to be the challenge of a lifetime.
The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would let companies sue anyone, including employees, if they share a secretly made videotape aimed at harming a business owner.
Trade and being able to export large crops to markets outside of the country remains vital to the viability of the farm economy, but the Trump administration is stirring the pot and testing the waters of some long-standing partnerships.
A federal announcement on public land sheep grazing in Colorado has been delayed.
From 1971 to 1977, the EPA hired freelance photographers who ultimately took more than 15,000 photos relating to “environmental problems, EPA activities and everyday life in the 1970s.
Recent polls suggest French far-right leader Marine le Pen could win the first round of the April-May election, but predict she would lose the ensuing runoff vote.
White House officials familiar with the matter say President Donald Trump will sign a measure later today that directs regulators to review the embattled Waters of the United States rule – commonly known in the agriculture industry as WOTUS.
A panel of farmers stressed in importance of crop insurance, trade, conservation and other programs during a recent Senate hearing.
President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration and immigration reform is shaking up Washington, but it also has the agriculture industry worried about losing more labor.
USDA today released 2017 planting projections at the 93rd Outlook Forum held near Washington, DC.
The federal Department of Agriculture has reposted inspection reports on certain animal testing labs on its website after a decision two weeks ago to remove a large online database of animal welfare records prompted complaints.
A panel of economists painted a dark picture of the U.S. farm sector during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, although they said indicators are not as dire as in the 1980s, when high interest rates, low commodity prices and a strong dollar combined to drive a wave of farm foreclosures.
Donald Trump is moving quickly to dismantle seven decades of American policy built on trade deals and multinational alliances that help fuel the U.S. and global economies.
Rural Wisconsin voters await economic revival in a part of now pro-Trump America.
The House next week will hold a general rural economic outlook hearing as part of its work on a new farm bill. The Senate later this month will hold its first field hearing. The farm bill debate has begun with a goal of inking a final bill and passed by Congress by early summer 2018, but no later than September 2018.
A proposed bill in New York classifying farm dogs as “livestock” has been withdrawn.
USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report Feb. 9. Here are the numbers you need to know.
President Donald Trump remains in U.S. farmers’ good graces, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse survey.
The Agriculture Department says “adjustments may be made” in its decision to remove animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals from its website.
There is a new brand of economic theory floating around labeled modern monetary theory (MMT). John Phipps explains what it means and how it’s impacting the country.
Judge weighing Utah law banning on undercover farm filming
Representatives from the Clinton and Trump Campaigns shared their stances on several key Agricultural issues this week in Washington DC.
America’s military veterans are revered for their service but still often struggle to find stateside employment when they return home. The Farmer Veteran Coalition would like to change that.
The North Dakota Farmers Union’s potential intervention in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the state’s anti-corporate farming law isn’t likely to affect the outcome, an attorney for North Dakota Farm Bureau says.
Some citizens give more thought to what they’re having for dinner than who they’re voting for for president. But American voters’ decisions in the 2016 presidential election could determine what the world has—or doesn’t have—for dinner.
Some controversial new laws might soon come into play.
Hundreds of people protested Saturday in Warsaw against free-trade agreements that the European Union is pursuing with the U.S. and Canada, saying they will hurt Polish farmers and consumers.
An egg industry group’s discussions about thwarting the sale of an eggless vegan spread at Whole Foods were inappropriate, a review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found.