Tag: Agriculture

"People who are supportive of the renewable fuel standard should be incredibly vigilant now," said Vilsack, a former Iowa governor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Obama agriculture secretary worries Trump could axe ethanol boondoggle

Timothy P. Carney · December 22, 2016 4:46 pm

Coalition points out that the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard has been a huge job creator in the Midwest. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Energy and Environment

Ethanol industry calls Trump an ‘advocate’

John Siciliano · December 15, 2016 7:17 pm

The settlement calls for ConAgra to pay $11.2 million, including an $8 million fine that the Justice Department calls unprecedented. It also includes $3.2 million in cash forfeitures to the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

ConAgra pleads guilty in salmonella case

Associated Press · December 13, 2016 9:09 pm

The remaining places in Trump’s inner circle

Sarah Bedford · December 12, 2016 9:30 pm

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. (right) as Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., looks on. Heitkamp met with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last week. (Will Kincaid/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

Heitkamp emerges as favorite for agriculture secretary

Gabby Morrongiello · December 10, 2016 9:35 pm

A Mexican male tried to smuggle the prohibited pork product into Texas, but got caught. (Photo: www.cbp.gov)

Border officials seize 132 pounds of contraband bologna

Anna Giaritelli · December 9, 2016 3:58 am

President Barack Obama serves Thanksgiving dinner during "Feast with Friends" at Friendship Place homeless center, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Washington. Friendship Place works with homeless and at-risk veterans in its Veterans First program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Feds offer Thanksgiving tips to fight climate change

Paul Bedard · November 21, 2016 4:25 pm

House Freedom Caucus members are pushing the Trump administration to consider Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., for Agriculture secretary. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus chairman pushes Tim Huelskamp for Agriculture secretary

Philip Wegmann · November 17, 2016 3:52 pm

A Big-Tent Approach to Treating Our Food the Right Way

Wayne Pacelle · November 4, 2016 10:30 am

Ron Johnson Travels His Own Road to Reelection in Wisconsin

Chris Deaton · November 3, 2016 9:30 am

The Humane Society’s Descent Into Abolitionist Veganism

Joseph Eule · November 1, 2016 9:00 am

Cows, agriculture, landfills, wetlands and fresh waters are responsible for the increase in methane emissions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Energy and Environment

Feds say agriculture, not oil and gas, the main culprit for methane spike

Kyle Feldscher · October 6, 2016 6:49 pm