Articles by Philip Brasher

Keeping up with the growing demand for non-GMO and organic products is proving to be a challenge. The Agriculture Department is betting that providing farmers with information on market prices will help. USDA s Agriculture Marketing Service this week launched its first we

A federal judge in North Dakota ruled that his order blocking implementation of the Obama administration0s Clean Water Act rule would be limited to 13 states. The decision by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson was a victory for the administration, which said it would onl

Pesticide restrictions that the Obama administration has proposed to protect bees go farther than necessary and will put crops at risk, farm groups say. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to bar the application of pesticides that are toxic to bees when crops are in bloom and

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2015 - The chairman of the House committee that oversees child nutrition programs is retiring from Congress next year, raising questions about prospects for reauthorizing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The law, which authorized the Agric

Some producer groups are asking the Obama administration to delay enforcement of its new Clean Water Act rule until a court case is resolved. The administration considers implementation of the rule blocked in only 13 states as a result of last weeks decision by a North Dakota fe

Donald Trumps immigration agenda is pushing the Republican debate well to the right and raising concerns in the agribusiness sector.

Corn may still be king in Iowa and in Iowa politics, but to keep it that way, farmers face a severe challenge in Bill Stowe, the man who runs the Des Moines metropolitan water system

The Food and Drug Administration's plan to require reporting on animal antibiotic sales species by species is running into strong industry opposition. Drug makers now only report total sales for individual drugs. Breaking the sales data down by cattle, hogs, chickens and turke

Fearing a return of the avian influenza, the Agriculture Department is moving ahead with plans to stockpile a vaccine ahead of the next outbreak. USDAPs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the release of a solicitation for proposals to supply up to 500 million doses of

Two frontrunners in the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, took the obligatory taste of Iowa agriculture today during the Iowa State Fair.