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On May 19, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry & Nutrition took the Farm Credit System to task for its history of unacceptable business practices, only six months after the House Committee on Agriculture did the same. It had been some years since the Hous

The three pillars of agricultural sustainability include environmental, economic and social impacts. WeÐve done a good job of calculating environmental impacts with life cycle analyses and other measures. Increasingly, we are finding the balance between achieving environmental

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