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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its FAO Food Price Index this week, which fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 percent from May to its lowest level since September 2010. The four-point drop in June brought the index to 201 points from a

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the House Agriculture Committee’s draft farm bill yesterday, which estimates the proposal would reduce direct spending by $35.1 billion over the 2013-2022 period.

The House Agriculture Committee released its Farm Bill legislation today, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM), to be marked up in the full committee on July 11.

When it comes to cleaning up the nation’s lakes and rivers, states need to do a better job securing landowner involvement in advance of seeking federal funds for projects and conduct more rigorous selection processes, says the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

President Obama’s re-election campaign is soliciting supporters to enlist in a “Rural Americans

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) today expressed its strong opposition to an amendment that Representative Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., intends to introduce during next week’s markup of the farm bill that would change current sugar programs in such a way as to effectively eliminate the p

Frank Mitloehner, the California-Davis air quality expert who challenged a 2006 UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report that wildly exaggerated the environmental impact of livestock, has been named chairman of an FAO-led partnership that will improve how environmental impacts of the live

A letter from 14 state poultry associations to the House Agriculture Committee today asks for the renewal of the Rural Energy for America Program and mandatory funding to pay for it.

with the fourth falling mid week, Washington will be slow moving.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued its final ruling on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) today, upholding much of the initial ruling from November 2011, which the U.S. Trade Representative appealed in March 2012.