Tractor maker Deere is out with its latest earnings
Kansas ag secretary asks DHS to legitimize illegal immigrant farm labor - TheDC
Kansas ag secretary Dale Rodman asks DHS to legitimize illegal immigrant farm labor
Farm subsidies face $30B hit under Ryan's budget plan - AP
Paul Ryan has proposed cutting agriculture subsidies by $30 billion over the next 10 years
USDA spends $60 mil in climate change crop research - AP
One study will focus on Midwestern corn, another on wheat in the Northwest and a third on Southern pine forests
Food security is national security
Investing in agricultural development can keep America safe.
Severe drought in China leads to serious wheat shortage - NYT
The U.N. food agency issues warning as drought threatens the wheat crop and causes a shortage of drinking water
O-Mart: Michelle Obama throws weight behind Wal-Mart's healthy food push - AP
Michelle Obama offers endorsement of Wal-Mart pressuring suppliers to make healthier foods
Federal government spends millions on farmers' 'hoop houses' - AP
The federal government has spent and will continue to spend millions of dollars to help farmers nationwide buy greenhouse-like structures
Millions in farm subsidies continue with tight state budgets - AP
Despite tough financial times following the worst recession in decades, some states continue to spend millions of dollars to preserve American farmland
FoodPolitik: The unintended consequences of banning horse-slaughter - TheDC Opinion
More than a billion people around the world consume horse meat — should Americans be allowed to serve that market?
Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceiling - AP
The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, Austan Goolsbee, says that refusing to raise the debt ceiling would push the country into default
Grocery prices to rise after FL crops freeze - AP
Florida agriculture loses $273M in December freeze
Underwood top winner at American Country Awards - AP
When it comes to Las Vegas, Carrie Underwood is a sure bet
High on paint, man throws oranges at planes - AP
After his arrest, Brian Henio said he didn’t know why it was such a big deal
A guy walks into a bar with a salmon . . .
New food regulations proposed by Democratic congresswoman make no sense.
Boehner offers plum committees to GOP challengers - AP
Boehner has dangled promises of committee membership in Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Hawaii
Honeybee killer found by army and entomologists - NYT
Possible answers for honeybee colony collapse mystery
Farmers choose machine instead of man - LAT
Automation is increasingly reducing U.S. workforces
Would you eat genetically-engineered salmon?
We already eat genetically-engineered grain, fruit and vegetables. Soon we will be eating genetically-engineered animals too.
'True Blood' Sesame Street parody [VIDEO] - THR
Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at a puppet-filled parody that draws straight from the diner scene that opened the show in the series premiere
