Picture oxen, returning to farm fields to replace mechanical muscles idled by chronic shortages of fuel and spare parts, and you have some idea of the workings of Cuban agriculture today. In its 1980s ...
Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill. The farm bill is a safety net for our families and the farmers who feed, fuel and clothe us. Unfortunately, the bill that’s been proposed by Agriculture Committee Chairman ...
Republicans who want a smaller federal budget and Democrats who oppose proposed food stamp cuts joined Thursday to defeat a five-year farm bill. Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., ...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a sweeping $867 billion farm bill on Friday after Republican leaders failed to appease conservative lawmakers who had asked them not to hold the ...