The New Farm Bill Is Going To Suck
Just like the last one. And the one before that. And the one before that.
Just like the last one. And the one before that. And the one before that.
"Irrational and even hysterical" reporting about glyphosate has served to poison the well of public opinion, says one researcher
Cherry growers get hit with steep tariffs right in the middle of their harvest season.
Outdated regulations are hampering the beef meat industry.
The corporate welfare in the farm bill is likely to end up on President Donald Trump's desk anyway, even after a surprising defeat in the House.
Maybe don't do both, though.
The cattle industry would rather rent-seek than compete.
Chinese tariffs will make American soy cheaper in domestic markets, crushing farmers' profits and disrupting a $14 billion international market.
Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!
A likely-fatal blow to to the state's censorious "ag gag" law
A dispute with neighbor spurred a measure to crack down on smaller properties. But the town's large agricultural community fought back.
Two states attempt to dictate how farmers outside their boundaries treat their animals.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.
Tasty Impossible Burger uses 95 percent less land, uses 74 percent less water, and emits 87 percent less greenhouse gas.
A court says a city can squash your property rights because it thinks vegetables are ugly.
Most of the money has gone to a small collection of well-off farms.
Genetically-engineered hens, embryo surgeries, and robot farmers.
The cost of Africa's refusal to grow GMO crops are incredible in human health and economic terms.
States like Massachusetts attempt to control how farms outside their borders operate.
States could set their own rules for meat that's processed and sold within their own borders.
The market can't fix the problem when government insists on intervention.
It's happening in California, where the case goes to penalty trial in August, if the Trump administration doesn't stop it before then.
Satellite survey finds hidden forests all over the world.
This failure in such a blue state shows the limits of the anti-GMO movement.
A farmer in Kansas who wants to sell his property challenges the state's law.
A decision so plainly obvious must have roots in intrusive government regulations.
New studies blame Instagram and gluttony as causes of food waste.
Existential threats from meddlesome rulemakers
The push for legalization-particularly farming-is being hampered by in a number of ways.
The "Dairy Pride Act" calls for the FDA to crack down on cow-dairy alternatives that use terms like "milk" or "yogurt."
The year that was and the year that will be.
What happens when a food's link to salmonella is proven false? Nothing.
A controversy highlights the need to get the USDA out of organic food altogether. (Even a major newspaper thinks so!)
Should we expect a scaling back of regulations or even repeals?
As the presidential race drags into the home stretch, food issues don't even rate as a blip on the polls.
It's is good for the environment and it feeds people too.
Changing café culture and international do-gooderism collide on a troubled island.
According to state regulators, skim milk = skim milk + mandated additives.
Most people are moving to cities and peak farmland is in the offing
The feds are bailing out dairy producers. Here's why that's a terrible and wasteful mistake.