Articles by Philip Brasher

Donald Trump overcame the odds and most pollsters predictions to become president of the United States, beating Hillary Clinton

The next administration at USDA will face budget, staffing and technology challenges and will need to gear up unusually quickly to assist Congress in writing a new farm bill, according to veterans of the department.

- Some farm and agribusiness sectors are concerned that USDA is moving forward with a plan to overhaul its rules for regulating genetically engineered crops separately from a broader, government-wide review of biotech regulations.

President-Elect, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Trade Policy, Rust Belt, Tom Vilsack, Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Roy Blunt, Representative David Young, Roger Marshall, Tim Huelskamp, James Comer, Massachusetts, National Pork Producers Counc

Secretary Tom Vilsack, Hillary Clinton, Ohio, Iowa, RealClearPolitics, Donald Trump,Mary Kay Thatcher, Mexico, U.S. Meat Export Federation, peso, GMO Labeling, preemption, John Anzalone, Dan Glickman, U.S. Infastructure

GAO, USDA, EPA, Government Accountability Office, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-CALF USA, cattle prices, North American Meat Institute, NCBA, FIFRA, Neonictinoids, hydrophonics, Cornucopia Institute, Coalition for Sustainable Agriculture

Tanimura & Antle, a leading grower of salad greens and other fresh produce, isnt immune from the labor squeeze facing the rest of agriculture, and company officials say they have little hope that Congress will pass immigration reform.

Michael Froman, Trans-Pacific Partnership, biotech overhaul, White House Office of Science and technology Policy, American Farm Bureau Federation, USTR, EPA, Pesticide issues, biotech policy, Senator Charles Grassley, Bayer, Monsanto, Justice Dep

Hillary Clinton, FBI,Senate, Richard Burr, Roy Blunt, Secretary Tom Vilsack, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Commerce Department, USDA Chief Economist Rob Johansson, China, Brazil, Canadian-EU trade agreement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea

Hillary Clinton looks to be a potential champion of agricultural biotechnology who already has a basic understanding of the arguments for genetic engineering, according to private comments she made during the primary campaign.