Articles by Spencer Chase

Dallas Tonsager, a longtime ally of the Obama administration has been chosen as the new chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration.

The Environmental Protection Agency gave a lift to the renewable fuels industry by finalizing biofuel usage mandates for 2017 higher than originally proposed. The agency is requiring19.28 billion gallons of total renewable fuel to be blended with conventional fuel under the renew

At some point in the next week, the EPA will announce new renewable fuel blending targets for 2017. But will that announcement be good news for the oil industry or for ethanol producers?

According to a survey from the National Turkey Federation, about 88 percent of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving. Which raises the question: What do the other 12 percent eat?

The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday wrapped up its long-running examination of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Now, the lawmakers must decide how to use the information gleaned from the hearings as they begin to draft a new farm bill.

- President-elect Donald Trumpps plans for his first 100 days in office may include plans to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but ag groups backing the deal are optimistic that wonpt be the case.

With the election results now firmly in hand, ag lobbyists are turning their attention to drafting a playbook for their dealings with a changing D.C. landscape.

Although a couple of U.S. Senate races are still up in the air, if you were an incumbent legislator on an agriculturally important committee heading into Election Day, chances are you wont be job hunting any time soon.

In addition to races to decide elected officials, a number of state ballot initiatives were decided on Tuesday, and those on the side of agriculture might not like some of the results.

A ballot initiative in Massachusetts is designed to address animal confinement in the state, but a consumer advocate is worried about what it could do to a shoppers pocketbook.