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National Farmers Union, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Renewable Fuels Association were among the groups on Saturday that issued statements congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and highlighting some key issues in agriculture going forward.

A pair of senior Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee announced Thursday they will each seek the chairmanship of that committee.

Most of the major crops and livestock regions of the country -- North, South, East or West -- now almost exclusively are represented in the House by Republicans, reflecting a one of the most significant political shifts over the past decade.

As first reported by Agri-Pulse, Kansas State University agricultural economist and farm policy expert Barry Flinchbaugh died early Monday. Agri-Pulse reported Flinchbaugh died in Topeka, Kansas, after suffering a fall and a short hospital stay.

Known for both his cigars and purple Kansas State shirts, Flinchbaugh, born in 1942, was often in high demand as a speaker at agricultural events around the country. Flinchbaugh a knack for "speaking his mind even if his audience may not want to hear his message," a 2015 Farm...

With three days left until Election Day arrives, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are making their closing arguments with repeated stops in key battleground states in the Midwest.

After looking at Senate races and the Senate Agriculture Committee, here's a look at some of the forecasts for the House of Representatives and the House Agriculture.

One week before the general election, five Republican-held seats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are considered competitive, according to key rating groups.

As usual, complication reigns over talks and votes regarding a stimulus package in Congress, and time is slipping away in the run up to the Nov. 3 election.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall announced today that the 2021 Farm Bureau convention will be online only.

In a civil forum held Tuesday for the Farm Foundation, Samuel Clovis Jr. and Pam Johnson agreed on many issues, particularly the importance of conservation and agricultural research, but disagreed on President Trump's records on trade and support for ethanol.

The Hemp Industries Association is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration and its acting administrator, arguing DEA is trying to regulate products derived from hemp through a skewed view of hemp provisions in the 2018 farm bill.

One of the problems with getting aid payments under WHIP-Plus was that USDA did not have an application deadline for the program when it was announced.

Farmers, senators and farm broadcasters in states affected by disasters in 2019 can't seem to get answers from USDA about the status of disaster payments under the WHIP-Plus program.

Last week, CME Group announced news futures and options contracts based on the pork carcass cutout, an estimate of the value of a 53-54% lean, 205 lb. hog carcass using wholesale prices that are paid for sub-primal pork cuts.

USDA on Thursday identified 379 watersheds in the Mississippi River basin as priority watersheds to help farmers and landowners reduce nutrient runoff related to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Producers in the targeted watersheds will receive both technical resources and...

Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee ranking member Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., announced "The Strengthening Local Processing Act." The bill would provide more funds to help small packers qualify for USDA's interstate shipping...

House Democrats late Monday released an updated version of the Heroes Act it passed in May, reducing the price tag from more than $3 trillion to $2.2 trillion, but including an increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and farm aid provisions.

The House on Thursday passed a 900-page renewable energy bill, focusing heavily on issues such as energy efficiency -- the Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act HR 4447. That bill includes some provisions tied to transparency on small-refinery exemptions, as well as...

Senators and congressmen from Missouri, as well as senators from Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska wrote the letter to Corps officials citing that "there is a critically dire situation related to navigation challenges along the Missouri River where serious barge traffic accidents have...