In this opinion piece, National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Sam Kieffer argues for moving the Food for Peace program to ...

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a northern California Republican and fourth-generation rice farmer on the House Agriculture Committee, has ...

Justin Benavidez has been tapped to be USDA’s chief economist, succeeding Seth Meyer. Benavidez has been chief economist for ...

Justin Benavidez, who was chief economist for the House Agriculture Committee's Republican staff for the past three years, is ...

The ouster of Venezuela's president could spur export opportunities for U.S. ag products, although much depends on the U.S.’ ...

Amy Klobuchar is said to be considering a run for governor of Minnesota this year as Democratic Gov. Tim Walz drops out of ...

Lawmakers are back in town this week to kick off the new year with government funding once more up in the air on Capitol Hill ...

Congress returns from holiday break this week faced with a mountain of unfinished work in what’s certain to be a raucous ...

The $11 billion in aid for row crop farmers is welcome but not enough to cover losses incurred “over the last few years,” an ...

It's been a big year for farm policy. President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January and quickly followed through on many of his campaign promises: an aggressive trade agenda, renewed focus on food ...

The last survey of U.S. food security that the Agriculture Department is scheduled to produce found that 13.7% of households ...

Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, who went from working in California tomato fields to serving nearly ...