Philip Brasher

Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Bill Clinton, Tom Vilsack, Russell Redding, Risk Management Agency, Earl Blumenauer, Crop Insurance Reform, Rosa DeLauro, Jim McGovern, Plate of the Union, Tom Colicchio

Democratic National Convention, Senator Tim Kaine, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donna Brazile, Michlle Obama, Bernie Sanders, President Obama, Joe Biden, Matt Paul, Democratic platform, GOP platform, focused safety net, Dan Glickman

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, WTO, North American Free Trade Agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership, illegal immigration, Dave Heinemann, Charles W. Herbster, aggies-for-Trump, Ray Weston, Mike Conaway, Frank Luntz

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Mike Pence, Adrian Smith, Republican National Convention, Sam Clovis, Charles Herbster, Great American Farm Luncheon, Mike Conaway, Hillary Clinton, Tom Vilsack, Marcia Fudge, SNAP, Harold Hamm, Kimberlin Brown

The Donald Trump campaign is launching an effort to organize the food and agriculture sectors behind the candidate, who was formally nominated by the Republican convention in Cleveland Tuesday night. The campaign is expected to announce the plans at a convention event hosted by agribusines

The Republican platform gives some ammunition to hard-line conservatives in Congress who want to split the farm bill, separating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from farm and conservation programs. The platform, approved on the opening day of the convention, says

The Agriculture Department is gearing up to implement national GMO disclosure standards following last week@s overwhelming 306-117 vote that sent the legislation to President Obama for his signature. No date has been set for Obama to sign the bill, and critics of biotechnology,

Donald Trump, aggies for Trump, Great American Farm Luncheon, Hillary Clinton, Governor Mike Pence, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Ted Cruz, Marco rubio, Plate of the Union, Lamar Smith, Tim Ryan, Kimberlin Brown, Daren Bakst, Kelly Armstrong

Republican Party, Donald Trump, Charles Herbster, Annette Sweeney, Ethanol industry, Senator Chuck Grassley, Hillary Clinton, Obama regs, Republican Party Platform, Pat Roberts, National Corn Growers Association, Growth Energy, Renewable Fuels Assoc

Republican National Convention, Great American Farm Luncheon, Mike Conaway, Pat Roberts, Donald Trump, trade deals, Governor Mike Pence, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, USDA in Havana, T-TIP, Michael Froman, Governors support TPP, AFL-CIO