Obama Lays Out Climate Change Program
President Barack Obama recently laid out a new climate change program designed to reduce US carbon emissions and protect farmers from the worst of the upcoming climatological changes. Farmers nationwide…
President Barack Obama recently laid out a new climate change program designed to reduce US carbon emissions and protect farmers from the worst of the upcoming climatological changes. Farmers nationwide…
The White House recently released a statement condemning the farm bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, criticizing the cuts made to nutritional subsidies and its overall…
The Obama Administration recently weighed in on the Senate and House Agriculture Committee’s proposed farm bills by tentatively supporting the Senate version with reservations. After almost a year of major…
Crop insurance funding is once again on the chopping block following the unveiling of President Barack Obama’s latest budget and the upcoming release of farm bill drafts in the House…
A recent change to US international aid could symbolize a major improvement to efforts to combat global hunger. For the past fifty years, the United States has provided considerable amounts…
Shortly before holding the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, President Barack Obama named three new officials, nominating Ernes Moniz, Gina McCarthy, and Silvia Burwell as Secretary of Energy,…
The Obama administration is consider implementing major changes to the way the State Department handles foreign food aid. American food aid, which has been implemented primarily through the Food for…
While unmanned aerial drones have taken center stage in recent US foreign policy debates, there is a growing market for the unmanned robots in the farm sector. To speak of…
In a recent interview, Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson, the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, addressed the challenges facing the House and the rural community due to the failure…
President Obama recently named Indiana congresswoman Jill Long Thompson to replace outgoing Farm Credit Administration chair Leland Strom. The Farm Credit Administration dates back to the Great Depression and the…