The four top negotiators for the new U.S. farm bill, already a year behind schedule, said on Tuesday they would...
Articles by Charles Abbott

U.S. Senate and House negotiators, who will begin working on a compromise farm bill on Oct. 30, face a major...

Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for...
An insurance provision in the U.S. farm bills proposed by the House and Senate could have corn, soybean, and wheat...
The U.S. Agriculture Department paid out $32 million in soil conservation payments and crop insurance aid to dead farmers from...
The Republican-controlled U.S. House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall...
Hundreds of U.S. farm and agribusiness groups have urged Republican leaders in the House of Representatives to try again to...
The U.S. Congress is headed for a second stop-gap extension of current farm law if Republican leaders in the House...
Republican budget-cutters joined Democratic defenders of food stamps on Thursday to deal a shocking defeat to the $500 billion farm...
The Democratic-run U.S. Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that expands a taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program...