Sara Wyant

Later this fall, USDA expects to allow growers to sign up for either the new Price Loss Coverage (PLC) or Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) commodity programs, but they’ll also have another key decision to make: whether to participate in a new optional crop insurance program called the Supplemental

As the debate emerges over who owns and controls “big data,” there are a host of related issues that also need to be addressed, including federal support for public data collection, opportunities for public/private partnerships and underlying infrastructure issues such as: how to provide “big broad

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2014 – House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced what he described as a “clean” short-term Continuing Resolution

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $328 million in conservation funding is being invested as he provided an update on his visit with President Obama about the farm bill

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced that Chris Novak will leave the helm of the National Pork Board to become the organization’s next chief executive officer, taking the place of 14-year veteran Rick Tolman, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire from the organiz

In what could be great news for livestock and poultry producers and a gut-check for many corn, soybean and cotton growers, the latest baseline projections from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri suggests that corn prices could hover near $4/bu.

After almost two years of controversial contract negotiations which threatened the stability of U.S. agricultural exports, the longshoreman who load grain here have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement

Shortly after Biden and McConnell reached a deal, Majority Leader Reid told staff he wanted a “clean” farm bill extension

There are 36 Senate seats in play this year and 21 are held by Democrats like Hagan with 15 in the hands of the GOP.