Agriculture

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and is in charge of putting the House's version of the Farm Bill together. ( AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

The three big questions that lie ahead for the new Farm Bill

Reese Gorman · September 1, 2023 7:00 am

A strong farm bill supports national security

Sen. Kevin Cramer · September 1, 2023 2:56 am

Farmer Robert Blair stands in front of his tractor holding an unmanned aircraft that he built in Kendrick, Idaho, in May 2013. Blair uses the home-made drone equipped with up to four cameras to âscoutâ his 1,500 acres of wheat, peas, barley and alfalfa and cow pasture. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Rhonda Blair)

USDA dispersing funds for rural infrastructure improvements

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2023 11:59 am

Senate’s farm bill on track to miss September reauthorization deadline

Emily Jacobs · August 25, 2023 10:35 pm

Nearly 40% of House seeks to block repeal of California pork restrictions

Breccan F. Thies · August 21, 2023 11:28 pm

Virginia joins states trying to block California from regulating businesses in other states

Eden Villalovas · August 11, 2023 5:08 pm

Agriculture leaders worry about research funding, California regulations

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2023 12:10 pm

Virginia to have world’s largest indoor vertical farming facility

Breccan F. Thies · August 3, 2023 4:06 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2009, file photo, a shopper looks over the milk aisle at the Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vt. U.S. Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and other members of Congress are pushing in December 2016 for the Food and Drug Administration to enforce a definition of milk that would not include non-dairy products like soy or almonds.

Beltway Confidential

Environmentalists’ favored ‘milk’ can’t beat the real thing, study finds

Matt Lamb · August 3, 2023 10:00 am

A Jet takes flight from Sky Harbor International Airport as the sun sets over downtown Phoenix, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Phoenix heat killing cacti and burning locals who fall on pavement

Jenny Goldsberry · July 29, 2023 3:11 pm

United States Rep. Stephanie Bice speaks to the crowd as she claims victory for a second term at a Republican Party watch party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

GOP lawmaker unveils new approach to prevent Chinese land ownership in US

Reese Gorman · July 28, 2023 9:58 pm

Agriculture appropriations bill punted to September as centrists and conservatives revolt

Reese Gorman · July 28, 2023 7:00 am