The House’s big day: Budget deal vote, GOP nominating Ryan
By ALAN FRAM The House was poised Wednesday to approve a bipartisan pact charting a two-year budget truce and Republicans were set to nominate Rep. Paul Ryan as the new…
Agriculture regulation
Russia marks 1 year of sanctions by destroying Western food
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russia marked the one-year anniversary of its ban on Western agricultural products Thursday with an effort to destroy contraband food, a move that has raised controversy amid…
More room for chickens likely means costlier eggs
By SCOTT SMITH The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space…
OBAMA SIGNING FARM BILL THAT TRIMS FOOD STAMPS
By NEDRA PICKLER In this June 23, 2012 photo, Michigan State University professor of entomology Rufus Isaacs, left, talks to visitors at Bee-Palooza event in East Lansing, Mich. When President…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
ARGENTINES LINK HEALTH PROBLEMS TO AGROCHEMICALS
By MICHAEL WARREN and NATACHA PISARENKO In this March 29, 2013, photo, former farmworker Fabian Tomasi, 47, shows the condition of his emaciated body as he stands inside his home…
EX-HO– USE SPEAKER TOM FOLEY DIES AT 84
By ALAN FRAM and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS FILE – In this June 1989 file photo, former Speaker of the U.S. of Representatives Tom Foley poses in his 5th Congressional District…
SYRIA, BUDGET AND DEBT TOP CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, as Congress considers President Barack Obama’s request for authorization of military intervention in…