POLICY
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.