mid-term elections

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says the faces of agriculture at the state level may be changing.  Following the election results on Tuesday, the possibility exists that as many as 21 of the nation’s agriculture commissioners may change.  There is...

House Ag Chair Mike Conaway and the GOP conference committee members have to decide whether or not they’ll give some ground on some of the biggest sticking points of the farm bill debate in order to get a bill passed this year.  Those disputes include conservation, commodity policy, and work requirements for SNAP program recipients.   Politi...

The American Farm Bureau said producers are feeling a bit more confident as they head to the polls this week, a sharp change from a few weeks ago.  A few weeks ago, producers were worried about collapsing markets, the lack of trade deals with Mexico, Canada, South Korea, and the EU, as well as the near complete loss of top market, China.  Bu...

The American Farm Bureau Federation is encouraging rural residents to vote Tuesday.  Randy Dwyer, AFBF advocacy and grassroots development director, said a vote Tuesday means rural voices will be heard.   “It’s extremely important that folks who live in rural America take the time and exercise the right to vote because, if we don’t do that an make our voices heard, concerns and issues that are nea