Kim Chipman

API is pulling its support for legislation the ethanol industry says is crucial for the future of U.S. ag. Is there enough goodwill left in the recent alliance between the oil and agriculture industries to work out a deal? 

The U.S. ethanol industry is facing a major setback as the American Petroleum Institute withdraws support for legislation to allow year-round sales of higher blends of the corn-based biofuel throughout the country. 

President Trump’s comments that beef imports from Argentina could soon lower U.S. beef prices is being criticized by all corners of the beef industry and some traditional allies.

Today is government shutdown Day 20 and there’s no end in sight.

The partial federal shutdown threatens to block next month's benefits for low-income people who participate in the nearly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is blaming the situation on Democrats. 

Food Is Medicine is having a moment as back-to-back U.S. administrations have pushed for much more nutrition-based health care throughout the system. But funding cuts to key programs like Medicaid and SNAP are introducing division into an otherwise rare example of policy compatibility between Republicans and Democrats. 

New U.S. fees kick in today on Chinese-made or operated vessels, just days after Beijing imposed fees on U.S. vessels. But as a new front opens in the China-U.S. trade war, the potential impacts on global shipping remain difficult to decipher, an analyst says.

Farm-state senators want a second round of farm aid in coming months that can be combined with other measures to help farmers, including legislation dealing with fertilizer prices. 

Agribusiness giant Corteva Inc.’s plan to separate crop protection products from its 99-year-old seed empire is shining a light on the crossroads facing a $1.5 trillion U.S. farm and food industry.