Ag Policy Blog

People across parts of eastern Colorao and western Nebraska are reporting and filming unexplained sightings of drones flying around the area. Local authorities do not know who is responsible and now the FAA is investigating the situation as well.

USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service on Friday issued revised guidance on meat and poultry labels that make claims about how the animals were raised, claims such as grass-fed beef or pasture-raised poultry. The original guidance from 2002 was updated and posted in October...

The Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency (RMA) on Monday announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020. Meanwhile, Santa is cleared to deliver to the U.S.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall praised Senate passage of the fiscal year 2020 Agriculture appropriations bill on Thursday. The bill had already been passed by the House and will be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature.

Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., was one of just three Democrats who voted against articles of impeachment late Wednesday. Peterson said the only way a challenge such as impeachment can be met is in a bipartisan manner and he said he wouldn't be swayed by his party. Peterson...

Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey and a presidential candidate in the lower echelon of poll numbers, introduced legislation on Monday that would place a moratorium on large confined animal-feeding operations, overhaul the Packers & Stockyards Act and re-establish...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the rules USDA has to follow hiring Farm Service Agency offices is making it hard to fill positions at local USDA service centers.

The House passed a bill late Wednesday that would overhaul the H-2A visa program, allowing guest workers to stay in the country longer, and would legalize hundreds of thousands of farm workers now in the country illegally. More than 300 agricultural groups endorsed the bill, but...

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson on Tuesday issued a statement ending his 11-year tenure as head of the organization.

The House of Representatives will consider the Farm Workforce Modernization Act this week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced late Friday. Hoyer did not list a date for consideration of the bill, but the House Rules Committee has announced it will meet on...

Japan's upper legislative body, the Diet, has approved the U.S.-Japan trade agreement that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed recently, and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and farm leaders praised the decision.

Hemp has become all the rage, but several issues have come up over the past few months including over production and problems with credit. Along with that, the FDA is more directly scrutinizing sales of products with CBD oil because the FDA has not approved them for sale.

My sources tell me the vast majority of turkeys will be eaten, and not pardoned, on Thanksgiving.

The U.S. trade deficit with China could be cut by nearly 6% if the U.S. could ship pork into the country with no tariffs, according to National Pork Producers Council.

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Steve Censky said Thursday farmers and ranchers will need a combination of technology and soil health practices to increase the "sustainable intensification" of food production to both feed a growing population and face a changing climate.

More than 300 farm groups sent a letter Monday to House leaders demonstrating their support for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill set for a markup Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee.

Members of Congress on Thursday wrote the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking to alert the commission to the need for a continued supply of propane to Midwest states.

Dean Foods said it had lined up about $850 million in bankruptcy financing to continue operating while it arranges a deal. The dairy processor has fallen victim to several changes in the dairy industry.

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., John Thune, R-S.D., and Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, introduced bipartisan legislation last week to ensure the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s chief drone policy committee includes representation for agriculture, forestry and rural America.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters Thursday the second round of trade aid for 2019 could come later this month.