Election
Since election night Farm Country has been buzzing over speculation of who President-Elect Trump will appoint to lead the EPA and USDA. Here’s who made the short list.
China’s stance on U.S. trade can be illustrated by one of Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion: For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction.
The agriculture sector of the United States wonders what President-elect Donald Trump will have in store at the beginning of his term.
When the Oklahoma Right to Farm bill was defeated in the election this week, producers wondered what the impact would be, both short- and long-term.
Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken?
So-called “GMO-free” zones have been sprouting up county by county across the U.S.
Charles (Chuck) Grassley has served Iowans in the U.S. Senate since 1981, and citizens of the Hawkeye State have once again reelected him, this time for his 7th Senate term.
As Americans head to the polls on Election Day, there have been dozens of polls and surveys attempting to predict the outcome of not only the presidential election, but hotly contested U.S. Senate and House races as well. As media companies and universities attempt to take the political pulse of America, we at Farm Journal have decided to conduct our own, unscientific exit poll.
Jailed Nevada cattlemen Cliven Bundy is suing a Democratic candidate for Congress, accusing him of defamation with a campaign mailer that Bundy says blames him for the ambush deaths of two Las Vegas police officers in June 2014.
It’s mere days from the 2016 presidential election, but that’s far from the only race on the ballot. And some of these down-ticket House of Representatives races are currently running neck-and-neck. Thanks to a pair of online resources, you can easily find out where all the close races are happening.
Kentucky’s U.S. Senate candidates differed sharply on federal farm policies Thursday, offering the most substantive policy discussion of the campaign in a race that so far has focused more on Rand Paul’s presidential aspirations and Jim Gray’s tenure as mayor of the state’s second-largest city.
Who gains control of the House and Senate will play out on Tuesday as Americans head to their local polling stations and vote.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
This corner of rural West Texas is as reliant on farming, boom-and-bust oil cycles and declining segments of a bygone manufacturing economy as it is reliably red in the voting booth.
AgDay is continuing to bring you the latest from the Presidential campaign trail and what the candidates have to say as it relates to the ag community.
Watch for live, ag-centric analysis of the 2020 election with Jim Wiesemeyer of DC Signal to Noise as well as AgriTalk Radio’s Chip Flory, Clinton Grifiths of AgDay TV and more.
Ag policies at the center of the presidential election.
Farm Journal Editor Clinton Griffiths will host a forum on the presidential candidates’ stance on food and ag policy sponsored by The Farm Foundation. Watch live at 9 a.m. Central.
Op-Ed from Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller in support of President Donald Trump.
Op-Ed from Dawn Riley and Larry Elworth in support of Joe Biden.
Op-Ed from Charles Herbster, Chairman of Farmers and Ranchers for Trump
Op-Ed from former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack supporting the candidacy of Joe Biden.
Following a turbulent 2020, which included a global pandemic, hard-fought presidential race and numerous congressional changeovers, the path of U.S. ag policy is likely headed for an adjustment.
As healthcare bills come in, one thing farmers hope one of the top priorities on President-elect Trump’s list will be to repeal and replace Obamacare.
News outlet Politico released their short list, policy analyst Roger Bernard says it might be too soon to know.
