POLICY
A budget bill pending in Congress would effectively reinstate a federal ban on horse slaughter by cutting funding for inspections at a New Mexico company and other plants.
Crop receipts are expected to decline by more than 12%.
The final farm bill will decide the fate of the Obama administration’s proposal to move to more cash purchases in foreign countries.
The “Balancing Act: Regulating Innovation” broadcast on Dec. 5th will have host Mike Adams interviewing guests Sarah Bittleman and Jack Bobo.
Some who were quoted in a recent Associated Press investigative report on ethanol are saying that they were misled and misrepresented.
Some farmers may not participate if premiums are raised for the highest-income operations, as the Senate farm bill would do.
The fight over Keystone, now in its sixth year, shows no sign of abating as both sides await the release of a final environmental impact statement.
USDA loans account for about 132,000 mortgages a year in areas designated by the agency as rural, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
If EPA continues on this path, many livestock producers will be saddled with additional costs and the burden of obtaining and complying with NPDES permits.
Ethanol margins returned to the black during late spring and production bounced back from last year’s lows—increasing the corn grind and demand, even for pricey old-crop corn.
She will be in charge of developing wide-ranging climate-change rules that business group oppose and faces challenges over water protection guidelines fought by farmers.
A five-year farm-policy bill House Republicans passed and sent to the U.S. Senate now faces opposition among the Democrats needed to craft the final law.
An Iowa facility has been cleared to slaughter horses for human consumption, the second such operation approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a week.
He also talks about his support for AGRA and challenges of world population growth in Senate briefing.
The farm bill is a complex piece of policy covering energy, agriculture, nutrition and the environment. Private land conservation was the first to come to a standstill.
Every weekday “AgriTalk” shares live, on-air conversations—and sparks many more across farm country.
While the fiscal cliff showdown left farmers holding their breath, resulting legislation should allow them to breathe easier.
Now that the election and the threat of falling off the fiscal cliff have subsided, maybe we can shift our focus to trade.
While mental health and training are important considerations for gun ownership, law-abiding citizens should be allowed to own firearms, AgWeb.com readers say.
The law is the biggest change to food industry oversight since 1938.
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The legislation would avert the milk cliff.
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.
Tier 4 emission standards takes effect on January 1, 2011 and it is changing the way manufacturers make their engines.
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.
An accord will help ensure that post-patent products continue to meet global regulatory and stewardship obligations.
Organization says going over the fiscal cliff could push U.S. back into recession.
This week’s Farm Journal Pulse shows farm country voters are leaning red.
Among the Farm Journal Pulse poll participants, 74% feel presidential candidate Mitt Romney will win in November.