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“By every measure the estate tax has failed to achieve the misguided goals Congress initially set for it when it established it nearly a century ago,” said Vice Chairman and top Republican on the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, in a call with members of the media earlier t

Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 76 additional counties in six states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat.

Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, led efforts today with Republican members of the committee, in asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for assistance for producers suffering from drought conditions.

A new briefing paper from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University provides a preliminary glimpse of the economic effects of short corn and soybean crops this year

Due to the “most severe and extensive drought in at least 25 years,” USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) is providing ongoing data regarding the impacts of the drought on key commodities and food prices.

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 -Organizers of the “Just Label It” campaign who have asked the FDA to mandate labeling of food with biotech ingredients are taking their crusade to the White House. In less than a week, they have surpassed the goal of getting 25,000 people to clink a link on its “We the P

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 -Former President Bill Clinton has no doubt that U.S. agriculture will continue to feed this country and many others around the globe, but apparently doesn’t want it to fuel the world, too.

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 -Top trade officials from the U.S. and Brazil met in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for their second quarterly meeting to discuss their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a Framework Agreement developed as a result of Brazil’s successful challenge to U.S. farm and export

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 -The House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., says recommendations for budget reconciliation cuts required by the House Budget Resolution are “just an exercise, and not the farm bill.” It’s the perspective he will bring to a panel business meeting at 10

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 -The Senate Agriculture Committee expects to have a preliminary version of the 2012 Farm Bill ready by the end of this week, in the hope of beginning the mark-up process next Wednesday, April 25, according to panel Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.