Category Archives: Agriculture News

Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, introduced a bill that would mandate GMO labeling. The bill, Politico reports, requires food makers to disclose the presence of GMO ingredients on the Nutriti...

While the Senate Agriculture Committee Tuesday passed a GMO labeling bill by Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas, the bill faces an uphill battle in the full Senate. The bill passed the committee 14 to 6 a...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says weakness in U.S. agriculture could spill over into other parts of rural economies. Nathan Kauffman says with the agriculture decline in income and farm job...

A letter sent to the Senate and House Budget Committee's last week urges lawmakers to protect crop insurance from further cuts. The letter, signed by 58 farm organizations, tells lawmakers an over rel...

USDA Again Drops Exports ForecastUSDA analysts have once again lowered their expectations for U.S. agricultural exports this fiscal year. In August, USDA forecasted exports to reach roughly $138 billi...

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts postponed the planned markup of his GMO labeling bill until next week. The Kansas Senator said in a press advisory the markup was postponed "due to ch...

Nominations for the 2016 America's Farmers Mom of the Year are now open.By nominating your favorite farm mom, she could win up to $10,000.This is the seventh year for the program.A panel of judges fro...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new step to support farmers transitioning to certified organic production. USDA expanded a crop insurance option to allow producers to purchase insurance cov...

The annual USDA Farm and Land in Farms report shows the nation's farms are getting bigger, and the number of farms is getting smaller. The report released by USDA shows the U.S. lost 18,000 farms last...

Farmers cannot afford to spend more on crop insurance. Michael Swanson, the chief agricultural economist at Wells Fargo, told the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau recently that if federal crop in...