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National Journal Daily it was reported that the Vice President’s working group had not yet settled on a plan to raise the debt ceiling while cutting federal spending

We need to make sure that our customers here and abroad understand that there is no way that organic farming alone can produce the food we need today to feed nearly 7 billion people

Leading agricultural economists debate food vs. fuel myths in a new opinion piece on www.Agri-Pulse.com

Given that America’s farmland must be able to feed billions more people each year on a shrinking land base, cutting conservation programs in the farm bill would be woefully shortsighted.

Delegates from 22 African nations attending the Global Child Nutrition Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, May 3-7, 2011,call upon all African Nations to immediately focus

In modern day Washington, we have reached the stage where anytime anyone even mutters the truth it’s worth popping a cork over. Former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest explains why.

The recent budget deal negotiated between Congress and the President for funding the federal government this year will reduce spending on USDA agricultural conservation programs by more than $800 million.

Back on his Iowa farm, former Agriculture Secretary Jack Block found the federal government on his farm in a bigger way than ever before.

With net farm income at record levels, livestock and grain prices at profitable levels, ever increasing population and higher incomes around the world, now is the time to overhaul farm policy.

Metatags: With the farm sector's economic stability at stake, Larry Combest questions whether Congress will mistakenly impose further cuts on essential farm program spending.