Agriculture
Why Superman and Wyatt Earp Left Kansas But Still Loved the Place
Q&A with Robert Rebein, author of Dragging Wyatt Earp: A Personal History of Dodge City.
House Passes Trimmed Farm Bill
Food stamps stripped as the old subsidy-friendly coalition breaks down
Ag Chief Chair Okay with Splitting Up Farm Bill
Separate out food stamps from other subsidies, to protect the subsidies, not the food stamps
Agriculture Department Cracking Down on Junk Food in Schools
Is it a federal government or a central one?
Food Stamp Costs Become Central Issue in Farm Bill
Efforts to trim costs after years of growth
Potato Farmers Accused of Price-Fixing
Isn't price-fixing part of America's agricultural policy?
Supreme Court Rules Raisin Farmers Can Fight Federal Controls
Depression era rules manage how much can be sold
Monstanto Sued over Genetically Modified Wheat
Claims negligence hurt farmers and drove prices down
Department of Agriculture Eases Licensing Requirements For Roadside Egg Vendors in Missouri
Now only need a $5 retail license
Ag Gag Laws Sputtering
So-called "ag gag" laws unconstitutionally target farm whistleblowers. Two recent decisions have dealt a serious blow to these laws.
Prince of the Outback
Meet the wheat farmer who led a successful secession from Western Australia.
First Arrest in Undercover Agricultural Filming Ban Dismissed
Defendant was standing on public property while filming
USDA Restores Dairy Reports Cut by Sequestration
Other agriculture industries don't get same treatment
Study Finds Pesticides Can Cause Brain Damage in Bees
According to the European Food Safety Authority
Farm Subsidies Must Die
How agriculture subsidies waste money, distort the economy, and steal from the poor to give to the rich.
The Supreme Court Considers Biotech Seed Patents
What are the limits to patents on self-replicating technologies?
Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul Join Forces to Legalize Hemp
The push to legalize domestic hemp production is gaining steam.
Dems Sequester Alternative: Cuts to Ag Subsidies and Defense
And, of course, the Buffett Rule
Amidst Drought, NM Ranchers Wants Taxpayers To Bail Them Out
It's hard out there for a rancher
Food Freedom vs. Regulatory Busybodies
From the legalization of cottage foods to the rise of right-to-farm laws, the future of food freedom is looking brighter at the state level.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Will Stay on in Obama's Second Term
One less nomination fight for the president to worry about
