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Every election year, former Senator George McGovern (SD), the 1972 Democratic Nominee for President, seems to find his way back into the news, and this one, 2016, more than most. Comparisons come up routinely between McGovern`s 1972 campaign against the Viet

While malnutrition is a distant memory for most Americans, it was not all that long ago that the population of the United States was plagued by diseases and disabilities caused by poor nutrition. A congressional investigation after World War II found that as many as 40 percent of draftees

Over the years, rural development programs have multiplied and morphed to the point where it`s difficult for farmers, small businesses, entrepreneurs and rural communities to determine which programs are appropriate for the projects they need help with. The 2018 Farm Bill offer

The landmark civil rights lawsuit by Indian farmers and ranchers against the Department of Agriculture for discriminatory lending practices has come to a conclusion (barring any unexpected turn of events on appeal.) U. S. District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan approved an agreeme

Tod more than 53 percent of the global population lives in cities. In 1900, this was only

In his March 17 op-ed, Rural Broadband: A Key To The Success of U.S. Agriculture, CoBank CEO Robert B. Engels proposal to increase rural broadband access poses an interesting question: who should finance the companies that are able to provide that acc

The State of Vermont has passed a statute mandating the labeling of genetically engineered foods as of July 1, 2016. Other states have considered and are considering similar legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to preempt all state legislation

Farmers have to compete with international trading partners and adapt to change although there will be winners and losers

I want us to consider carefully the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), which has become the largest USDA conservation program for private working lands.

Last year, no students signed up to study agriculture in high school; today, 40% of our students stated their intention to do so.