Democrats picked up a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives but also several governorships.

Many races for the House, Senate, and state offices could prove to have an outsized impact on farmers and ranchers across the country as Democrats look to achieve midterm gains and Republicans try to sell the accomplishments of the last two years to voters.

A planned campaign rally has ethanol supporters more hopeful than ever that President Trump will finally deliver on pledges to expand ethanol use.

Capital gains tax breaks could inject trillions into the nation’s struggling low-income rural and urban communities, thanks to new “Opportunity Zones” tax provisions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and the state’s two senators, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, pushed hard to get President Trump to honor his campaign promises to defend the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - Four republican governors sent a letter to President Trump this week expressing concerns with recently proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and urging the president to keep his promises to rural America to support the RFS.