Tag: Agriculture

In this July 20, 2014 photo, a setting sun silhouettes corn stalks growing in Ashland, Ill. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Illinois' corn crop is maturing faster than normal and faring well. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

USDA: Illinois corn, soybean crops faring well

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 10:51 am

A man unloads food assistance supplied by the International Red Cross in Awerial, South Sudan, earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Who’s really stalling the reform of African food aid

Timothy P. Carney · July 15, 2014 10:46 pm

Neal Bredehoeft of Alma, Mo., in Lafayette County, walks through a field of soybeans checking it for signs of threatening insects or disease. Farming could be on track to become a right, written into law alongside the freedom of speech and religion. Some powerful agriculture interests want to declare farming a right at the state level as part of a wider campaign to fortify the ag industry against crusades by animal-welfare activists and opponents of genetically modified crops. (AP Photo/T. Rob Brown)

Agriculture industry seeks to create right to farm

David Lieb · July 10, 2014 7:32 pm

FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013 file aerial photo shows dead cattle in Sulphur Creek in western South Dakota during a flyover of areas hard hit by a snowstorm that killed thousands of animals. In a progress report Wednesday, July 9, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers and ranchers who suffered heavy livestock and grazing losses due to extreme weather in the past three years have been quick to take advantage of newly available disaster relief funds. The agency said it has distributed more than $1 billion in relief funds, a little less than half the overall amount predicted in the recently passed farm bill, in just over three months. The agency estimates it will spend $2.5 billion overall on disaster relief cases from 2011 to 2014. (AP Photo/KOTA-TV, Pool, File)

Ranchers taking advantage of USDA disaster program

Henry Jackson · July 9, 2014 7:18 pm

State: Website links fishers, farmers, buyers

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2014 1:01 pm

Energy and Environment

Proposed EPA water rule lights up Capitol Hill fireworks

Zack Colman · July 8, 2014 8:57 pm

USDA gives initial approval to pig virus vaccine

M.L. JOHNSON · June 25, 2014 10:11 pm

Washington Secrets

Rule barring puppy mill K9 imports near

Paul Bedard · June 25, 2014 8:44 am

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Energy and Environment

Obama moves to save the honey bees, targets pesticides

Paul Bedard · June 20, 2014 4:07 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009 file photo, a shopper looks over the milk aisle at the Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vt. Vermont dairy farmers were paid a record high price for their milk in April 2014 and prices remain strong, driven in part by international demand for U.S. dairy products. The extra income is allowing farmers to pay off debt, repair equipment and make other investments, following challenging years in 2009 and 2012.

2014 projected to be record year for milk prices

Lisa Rathke · June 15, 2014 2:10 pm

Florida has major stake in your rising beef prices

Richard Mullins · June 8, 2014 5:46 am

Wheat falls for third straight week

Steve Rothwell · May 30, 2014 8:24 pm