By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A cultural war inside farm country may be emerging between conventional agriculture and organic production and the issue is “not worthy of debate,” says Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics and farm policy at Kansas State University....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. Treasury Department will always be involved in agriculture policy to some extent to provide people with food and energy, says former ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Charlie Stenholm and current policy advisor for the law firm Olsson, Frank and Weeda....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every year, the nearly 7 billion people on Planet Earth — driving their vehicles, operating coal-fired electric generating plants, running heavy industries, and carrying out dozens of other fossil fuel-burning activities — pump an estimated 234 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gases or carbon dioxide equivalents into the atmosphere....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers will benefit from completion of trade agreements, including pending bi-lateral agreements as well as the Doha Round of WTO....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mississippi’s south Delta region has been likened to a tub that, when full, is incapable of draining. ...
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The cotton industry faces a double handful of trade issues in the near future, including an announcement of damages in the Brazil WTO case that could affect the economic well-being of cotton farmers, ginners and others....
By Forrest Laws, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Is the Environmental Protection Agency deliberately trying to “stack the deck” against ethanol and other biofuels?...
The U.S. Senate this week overwhelmingly passed a $124.5 billion fiscal year 2010 appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
With a climate bill having passed the House and now being hotly debated in the Senate, questions about the potential legislation abound. ...
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Aimed at enhancing U.S. food safety after a series of high-profile product warnings and recalls, the House passed the Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) by a vote of 283 to 142 on July 30....
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