Articles by Spencer Chase

Having a dialogue about global food security is nothing new, but two Cornell food policy and economics experts say academics and the media are simply having the wrong conversation.

In the latest twist of a long-running legal battle, biotech giant Syngenta says grain companies have only themselves to blame for the market share lost in China over shipments that contained unapproved corn varieties.

At the beginning of his chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee, Mike Conaway promised a �soup to nuts� review of USDA�s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which accounts for the lion�;

As work continues in the U.S. to rally support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 11 other countries are also considering the deal and its implications.

On Monday, the House passed an extension of highway funding through Dec. 4, which could potentially be the last short-term extension before a multiyear bill is sent to the presidentÀs desk.

This year`s soybean crop will be the biggest ever ` and bigger than projected a month ago ` and the corn crop is also projected larger than in October, according to the latest USDA forecasts.

Ethanol supporters are expressing their disappointment at a recent letter targeting the Renewable Fuel Standard, saying the 184 members of Congress who signed it are turning their backs on farmers and rural communities.

President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, ending his administrations seven-year internal debate over the project by concluding that it would not serve the national interests. Obamas White House announcement came less than a month before the beginning

A bipartisan group of 184 House members wrote to Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy this week urging her to reconsider the Renewable Fuel Standard proposals the agency released earlier this year, saying they would cause a àbreach of the ethanol blend wall.à

In a landslide vote, the House of Representatives cleared a six-year highway bill Thursday morning, setting up a conference with the Senate over their different pieces of legislation.