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Ertharin Cousin, has been chosen as the next Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Program.

Crop mix, rotations, grazing plans—all important to include. But as you’re planning for spring planting and fall harvest, don’t forget to include conservation on your planning list.

Whose priorities for agriculture will trump the policy agenda in 2012

The most important question in Washington this year is the obvious one: Who will win the presidency on November 6, 2012?

To produce a farm bill next year, I believe that farm, nutrition and conservation groups must coalesce, and Congress must move swiftly.

we failed to pass a 2012 Farm Bill as part of that process. We must pass a farm bill in 2012 because our nation’s farmers and ranchers need and deserve a measure of certainty.

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Surgeon General recommend breastfeeding as the best form of infant nutrition

The Congressional Super-Committee failed to find a spending and tax plan for an additional $1.2 billion in savings over the next ten years.

At this rate of growth, by the middle of the century, the global population will exceed 9 billion

Telling the truth in Washington is known as the “Kinsley gaffe”