Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

An amendment that would have drastically changed federal sugar policy suffered a bipartisan defeat on the House floor Thursday, helping ag lawmakers avoid a change that could have tanked the farm bill.

House Ag Committee Chair Mike Conaway kicked off floor debate for the farm bill on Wednesday, kicking off a process that will unfold through the rest of the week.

The House is set to consider a farm bill this week, and Senate Ag Committee Chair Pat Roberts wants his bill to be not far behind.

A congressional deadline for North American Free Trade Agreement talks is right around the corner, giving negotiators only two more days to finish up their deal making.

More than 100 farm bill amendments have been filed as the House of Representatives looks to consider the legislation this week.

A bill introduced on Thursday would allow state-inspected meat processing facilities that meet federal standards to sell their products across state lines.

Fires that hit the state of Oklahoma last month are out, and damage estimates are piling up.

The White House held a meeting Tuesday to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard, and biofuels groups saw some good and some bad coming out of the deliberations.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was in Iowa on Monday, and her day involved a stop at a farm to hear about ag issues and try to sell the Democratic Party to rural voters.

Talk of an infrastructure proposal in Washington has cooled, but Farm Credit Council CEO Todd Van Hoose would still like to see something move.