Articles by Bill Tomson

The Margin Protection Program (MPP), the primary safety net for dairy farmers, isn@t working out as well as expected, and efforts are already under way to make changes for the next farm bill, according to lawmakers and industry officials.

The U.S. is again challenging China at the World Trade Organization over the country s antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. broiler chicken, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced Tuesday.

Sonny Ramaswamy, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Ron DeHaven, American Veterinary Medical Association, President Obama, Bison, Japan, Whiskey, Federal Communications Commission, Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks

US Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, Bob Dinneen, Senator Ted Cruz, National Corn Growers Association, Renewable Fuels Association, Environmental Protection Agency, Renewable Volume Obligations, USA Rice, Ben Mosely, USACC

If a dairy cow eats feed made from genetically engineered grain @ and most do @ does the milk it produces need to be designated as a GMO product? What about bacon from a pig that ate GMO feed?

Greenpeace documents, T-Tip,USTR, USA Rice Federation, Dow Brantley, Kristen Dayton, EU tariffs, Indiana Primary, Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Representative Marlin Stutzman, Baron Hill, Representative Todd Young, Richard Murdock

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Ben Cardin, Crockett Gillmore, USTR Michael Froman, Huy Fong Foods,Milken Institute Global Conference, USTR Chief Agriculture Negotiator Darci Vetter, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Food and Drug Administration

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2016 - Dannon, in an effort to woo consumers who are becoming increasingly concerned about all aspects of how their food is made, has made a promise that will be difficult to keep: It plans to eliminate all genetically modified grains from the diets of

There are many different kinds of agricultural cooperatives that produce everything from milk to sugar, but the Ag Data Coalition (ADC) is leading the way for a whole new kind of operation: a farm data co-op.

The USDA continues to move aggressively to finish work on a rule that would establish new regulations under the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) on poultry and livestock marketing practices despite efforts on Capitol Hill to block it, Agriculture Secr