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Last week's House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearings and the House budget debate may have marked the beginning of the 2012 Farm Bill debate.

Tom Daschle explains the importance of innovation both in reinvigorating the U.S. economy and improving economies around the world.

Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman shows its urgent to increase agricultural production to deal with the accelerating global food crisis.

President Ronald Reagan, who would have turned 100 years old on Feb. 6, 2011, belongs to all of us as a national legacy; I had the special privilege to know him personally and serve in his cabinet.

Conservation expert and former NRCS Chief Bruce Knight says improved sustainability need not be just increased costs, it’s a win-win for farmers.

Marshall Matz,developing agriculture, Africa, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, African Union, Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme, Joe DeVries, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

American Farmland Trust President Jon Scholl says the U.S. will increasingly depend on our agricultural lands to help solve critical environmental concerns.

Today's commentary is about predictions. To start, I have some predictions from other former Cabinet Members. For more than 20 years, I have put together a "Cabinet Secretaries Luncheon" during the Christmas holidays

Sports fans in the DC area have become all too accustomed to defeatist attitudes with respect to local coverage of our professional sports franchises. Now we must all deal with similar dooms day reports about our nation's fiscal and economic future.

For America’s farmers and ranchers “the biggest game in town” during 2011 may be one that many of them have not yet even heard about! The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.