Ag Policy Blog

The National Milk Producers Federation, the International Dairy Foods Association and Dairy Farmers of America have praised the Agriculture Department's decision to buy $50 million worth of fluid milk for distribution to domestic food assistance programs, the first time the agency...

A long list of banking, farm and conservation groups on Monday sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees asking them to pass the farm bill before September 30 when the current bill expires.

Anheuser-Busch, along with its parent company, InBev, has launched a somewhat novel approach to dealing with global sustainability issues. The brewer has launched a program called 100+Accelerator, reaching out to startup businesses to focus on ten different sustainability ideals...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Thursday that the Trump administration will place the Economic Research Service (ERS), currently under USDA's Research, Education and Economics (REE) mission area, with the Office of the Chief Economist under the Office of the...

A pair of Michigan congressmen had slightly different messages to sugar growers at the American Sugar Alliance meeting this week in Michigan. However, both questioned whether the work requirements for SNAP recipients in the farm bill is worth keeping the entire bill from final...

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp's inclusion on the Senate's list of farm bill conferees was one move to help her re-election bid. There are several races involving members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to watch leading up to November.

Warming temperatures are likely going to cause shifts in Indiana crop production in the coming decades, according to a study released earlier this week by Purdue University's Climate Change Research Center.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., named himself to the conference committee for the farm bill.