Sara Wyant

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack frequently talks about the need for the U.S. Congress to pass a new farm bill, but he is moving ahead with sign-up for some of the programs extended from the 2008 farm bill

But direct payments will definitely be made in 2013, says House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla, who championed the payments in the battle over the extension of the 2008 farm bill

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that it will issue guidance in the near future to provide relief from the estimated tax penalty for farmers and fishermen

Significant changes need to be made with respect to the level of funding and types of funding needed to improve the capacity and ensure the long-term viability of the U.S. inland waterway infrastructure

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., asserted his seniority today and was selected as ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee

Ranking Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, who negotiated a wide variety of tax provisions through most of Sunday night and Monday morning with Vice President Joe Biden, has a different set of farm bill cards in mind.

With the clock ticking down toward the end of 2012, House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are scrambling to pass some type of extension for the current farm bill and suspend permanent legislation that could lead to dramatically higher dairy prices

Behind-the-scenes talks focused on avoiding the fiscal cliff and possibly the “farm cliff” are expected to continue this week

Efforts to find a compromise on the farm bill’s commodity title hit the equivalent of a brick wall Thursday as leaders from both the House and Senate agriculture committees appeared to be sharply divided in their respective positions.