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During remarks at the Farm Journal Forum, he says he’s “bullish” on ethanol industry and says the opportunity for agriculture is “unlimited.”

The final farm bill will decide the fate of the Obama administration's proposal to move to more cash purchases in foreign countries.

Panelists at Farm Journal Forum 2013 reveal the potential outcome of everything from insurance limits to food stamps.

A high-ranking government agriculture official answered a wide range of sometimes volatile questions related to EPA’s regulation agriculture.

The "Balancing Act: Regulating Innovation" broadcast on Dec. 5th will have host Mike Adams interviewing guests Sarah Bittleman and Jack Bobo.

Agriculture has been a bright spot in the U.S. economy during the past four years. Yet poverty in rural communities remains stubbornly high.

As of Dec. 10, more than $8.7 billion has been paid to farmers for crop losses in 2012.

Washington insider Marshall Matz reflects on the Obama administration's recent gains in protecting food security around the globe. He spoke during the 2012 Farm Journal Forum.

Lawmakers looking to avert automatic budget cuts and tax increases next year may include a package of cuts to ag subsidies as part of a bill.

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee is expected to share his views on what the lame-duck Congress has in store for farm policy.

The Farm Journal Forum drew VIP speakers and attendees to examine hunger solutions and policy moves.

The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the firm's bankruptcy.

President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2010 contains more problematic details than most expected. At least one of the ag provisions is labeled dead on arrival. The provision: Deny direct payments to farmers with gross sales of more than $500,000—and shift those dollars to nutrition efforts.

See Day 1 at Farm Journal Forum.

Consumer wishes and wants travel quickly up and down the food chain and can drastically alter the entire food system. “Consumers in the developed world have come to look at the food system, I think, as something as a utility,” says William Hallman, of the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University. “You turn on the faucet and orange juice comes out, you got to the supermarket and the food is just there.”

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has a new title: USDA secretary.

While agriculture primarily focuses on who runs USDA, people at other agencies are just as important.

Obama Taps Iowa's Vilsack to Head USDA

Farm Journal and Farm Foundation teamed up in 2009 to host "A Conversation with the Secretaries", featuring seven of the former Secretaries of Agriculture.

The agency touches ag more than ever