Articles by Jon Scholl

To say that we are in uncharted waters is probably an understatement even in the land of silly statements and spin that is Washington, D.C

Everyone depends on farmers for their food, a relationship concisely articulated by American Farmland Trust’s ubiquitous “No Farms, No Food” bumper sticker.

More people than ever seem to care deeply about how their food is produced and what kind of care we give the land

Congress’s failure to reach a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction package last year leaves in place the automatic across-the-board spending cuts known as a sequester.

Well, the election is now behind us, so let’s put the farm bill front and center

About 80 percent of U.S. agricultural land has been impacted by the drought, which makes it more extensive than any drought since the 1950s.

We need to have an earnest conversation about reattaching conservation compliance to the federal premium subsidy for crop insurance

we failed to pass a 2012 Farm Bill as part of that process. We must pass a farm bill in 2012 because our nation’s farmers and ranchers need and deserve a measure of certainty.

Ever since the first farm bills in the 1930s, legislation to help agriculture has been concerned about not only production but also stewardship.