Articles by Bill Tomson

Impoverished populations around the world suffer because they re not getting the vitamins and nutrients they need even if they are managing to eat. It s a vexing problem, but U.S. rice farmers are certain they can soon be a major part of the solution.

U.S. citrus growers are already beset by numerous pests and diseases, and the last thing they want is a new threat to their groves. That@s why so many are alarmed at what they say is a rush job by USDA to allow lemons from Northwest Argentina into the country.

South Korea has agreed to lift the ban the ban it placed on U.S. poultry in reaction to outbreaks of avian influenza last year and earlier this year.

U.S. and Iraqi officials today signed a memorandum of understanding to boost U.S. rice sales to the Middle East country over the next six months, the USA Rice Federation said.

A spate of legislative progress on Capitol Hill has farm groups and forces opposed to the half-century old Cuban embargo optimistic that one of the last major barriers to increasing U.S. agricultural trade ties with the communist nation will soon fall away.

House Rules Committee, President Obama, Farm Service Agency, National Association of Credit Specialists, Ben Herink, Dirty South Deli, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, National Farmers Market Week, Food Safety Inspection Service

House GMO labeling, Pat Roberts, Debbie Stabenow, Chip Bowling, National Corn Growers Association, House Rules Committee, International Trade Commission, China ammonium sulfate, U.S. Commerce Department, Seth Meyer, USDA World Agricultural Outlook

- Soybean, corn, beef, pork and dairy producers can mostly agree that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be good for business, but that°s not the case for rice farmers.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed Tuesday to render a decision by June 30, 2019, on whether or not to protect the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Biotech disclosure, Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Debbie Stabenow, National Corn Growers Association, GMO ingredients, Global Food Prices, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, OECD-FAO