POLICY
Six major farm organizations have declared that property tax reform, instead of a constitutional protection for a “right to farm,” should be the main priority for keeping agriculture in Nebraska strong.
With a failed ballot measure that sought changes to the state’s decades-old corporate farming law in the rear-view mirror, a potentially lengthy federal court battle over its legality has arisen.
Australia’s deputy prime minister links issues in debate.
Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed a bill Monday that would send $40 million in aid to South Carolina farmers, saying farmers may complain loudly, but don’t need a bailout that isn’t being offered to all small businesses.
Krysta Harden, the former U.S. deputy secretary of agriculture, will join DuPont as vice president of public policy and chief sustainability officer.
A bill that would relax weight and load restrictions for farm equipment on Nebraska’s roads has advanced out of a legislative committee.
For the 22nd time in his Administration, President Obama has improperly leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to lock up millions of acres of the American West.
The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to pass a compromise farm bill. Use this interactive map to see how your state’s senators voted.
While tax laws may have made it easier to pass the farm from one generation to the next, changing times have some families looking at the end of a way of life.
After five calendar years of efforts, the farm bill is nearing completion.