A Republican-controlled panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the biggest cuts in food stamps for the...
Articles by Charles Abbott
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill on Tuesday, costing $500 billion over a decade, that would expand the...
In a concession to Southern lawmakers, the new U.S. farm law would set sharply higher support prices for rice and...
Congress will begin writing a new, $500 billion U.S. farm law next week, the head of the Senate Agriculture Committee...
U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of...
A coalition of fiscal conservatives on Tuesday called for a steep cut in federal subsidies for crop insurance, setting up...
Congress should reform U.S. farm subsidies, and end a $5 billion a year “direct payment,” as part of delivering an...
The government declared much of the central and southern U.S. Wheat Belt a natural disaster area on Wednesday due to...
Congress should slash at least $100 billion in costs from the U.S. farm bill – three or four times more...
With a week left to act, agricultural leaders in Congress are still deadlocked on two major issues for a new...