Articles by Sarah Gonzalez

A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico required animal rights groups to post a $495,000 bond after they won a restraining order last Friday against horse slaughter facilities.

While a “grand bargain” on tax and entitlement reform seems out of reach by the end of the fiscal year, focus will soon shift to the pressing deadlines for appropriations levels and the debt ceiling, noted top budget and policy experts at a meeting for agricultural economists.

A federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order against USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to prevent the inspection of horse slaughter facilities to go forward.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is leading the renewed effort to eliminate the illegal practice of “horse soring,” a training method found most prevalently in Tennessee Walking Horses, Racking Horses, and Spotted Saddle Horses.

The new U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Michael Froman met with agricultural stakeholders and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week, providing his perspective on ongoing trade deals and accompanying challenges.

House lawmakers raised drug safety concerns about Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui International’s acquisition of Smithfield Foods, the largest U.S. pork producers, in a letter to Smithfield’s CEO on Thursday.

As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) moves forward with its rules governing the swaps market, commodity futures market end-users explained the potential impact on their businesses to House Agriculture Committee members Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to conduct Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) on certain herbicide-resistant crops developed by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto. Several agricultural organizations, independent farmers and specialists issued comments to the agency on whether or not prepar

The U.S. House of Representatives’ vote and passage of a farm bill without the nutrition title (HR 2642) today triggered confusion among the nation’s farm groups, but all agreed to push for an immediate conference with the Senate.