Articles by Philip Brasher

A federal judge on Friday rejected the Justice Department's antitrust challenge to United States Sugar Corp.'s acquisition of a rival processor, Imperial Sugar Co.

The Biden administration is being pushed to consider dismantling the county committee system that USDA has long relied on to manage farm programs at the local level.

It’s been two weeks since the Senate Finance Committee unanimously voted to approve Doug McKalip to be the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

No matter what happens in November, it won’t be easy for congressional Republicans to block the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda.

It could take years for sustainable aviation fuels to take off despite significant, but temporary, new tax credits included in a newly enacted package of financial incentives intended to jump-start progress on the Biden administration’s climate goals.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told a supporter of e-RINs for electricity produced from biomass and biogas to look for action this summer, emails obtained by Agri-Pulse show.

House Republicans are preparing to take on the Securities and Exchange Commission over its sweeping plan to require companies to track and disclose the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.

The Senate Agriculture Committee holds a long-awaited hearing this week on two more USDA nominees, including department’s undersecretary for trade, as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack struggles to fill out his team 21 months into the administration.

USDA has provided lawmakers with some estimates of what producers need in disaster assistance this year.

Worries of a possible rail strike have been growing in Washington amid ongoing concerns about the health of the U.S. economy.