Articles by Philip Brasher

Farmers in California's drought-stricken Central Valley could get additional irrigation water in coming years under bipartisan provisions included in a congressional agreement to reauthorize water projects.

President-elect Donald Trump continues his search for key cabinet members this week, while lawmakers look to finish their work for the year by passing a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running into next year.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2016 - President-elect Donald Trump continues his search for key cabinet members this week, while lawmakers look to finish their work for the year by passing a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running into next year.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., met with President-elect Donald Trump for about two hours in New York for a 0thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion0 that included energy and rural banks, she said. The meeting came amid speculation that she was under con

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Donald TrumpÐs election should help ensure that farm groups can fight off challenges to agricultural programs when Congress starts work on the next farm bill in 2017, according to a veteran of multiple farm bill battles.

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- Lawmakers are working toward wrapping up the 114th Congress as soon as next week, and it looks as if theyÐll leave town without doing anything about the expiring tax benefits for biodiesel and other biofuels but a couple of other pieces of ag-related legislation could still pass

As he heads out the door, President Obama will put in place two key parts of his administrationÐs strategy to restrict the use of antibiotics in agriculture, part of a broader strategy for fighting drug-resistant germs. But heÐs also leaving behind some proposals that cou