Articles by Barry Flinchbaugh

Food labeling policy is not something that anyone agrees on, but what should the rule be?

ME. A new Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) was authorized by the new 2014 Farm Bill. FFAR is intended to complement--not replace

President Obama is at a crossroads on his energy legacy

A change of tactics in the policy arena may just be in time for the holiday season. Looks like a bi-partisan farm bill is about to get done in January 2014 and a bi-partisan two-year budget deal was announced last week for consideration and passed the House. Given the last 3 years of confrontation,

A few weeks ago, I was asked to make a presentation on “20 Practical Ways to Access Capital” at the Iowa Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit in Des Moines.

I don’t ever recall seeing six former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture together on a land grant university stage

Fall’s Congressional agenda was overloaded before Syria was added on top of everything else. The RFS policy dynamics can change overnight with the threat of war and rising oil prices

I still remember Martin Luther King’s, “I have a dream speech”

The mainstream media has been prognosticating the demise of the Food and Farm Bill Coalition during the past few weeks

Now we are ready for House floor action.The question is whether the outcome will be different this year. At least Speaker Boehner is supporting this year’s version of the House Ag Committee bill. Odds improve with leadership support