Articles by Sara Wyant

China is on track for a fourth consecutive decade of growth and could overtake the United States as the world’s biggest economy in 2016, according to a new survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today that Japan intends to join other nations participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization talks

Just days after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that cuts made to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would not reduce federal spending as much as expected, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., introduced legislation that he said would “restore integrity

Government oversight of food safety is “vital” to the produce industry, and full implementation and funding of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) should help to allay food safety concerns

Five individuals and two American honey-processing companies were charged with “honey-laundering” last week

Should farmers who receive federal assistance with their crop insurance premiums be required to meet conservation compliance standards?

Key U.S. lawmakers hailed a circuit court ruling in the case Dow AgroSciences LLC v. National Marine Fisheries Service as a victory for sound science versus what they described as the “misguided agenda of activist groups"

Two recent court cases, involving crop insurance adjusters, agents and tobacco farmers, indicate that federal courts are doing more to crack down on sometimes elaborate schemes to collect millions in fraudulent crop insurance payouts.