Economic sanctions may be imposed for three reasons: national security, foreign policy and short supply.

U.S. agriculture has long known the value of science, helping increase productivity, combat pests and diseases and guide rational regulation.

Congress is being asked to pass the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014.

On the rare occasion when an administration submitted its own farm bill proposal, the chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture committees would quickly pronounce it “dead on arrival.”

Trade ministers concluded a deal that consisted largely of a “trade facilitation” agreement to ease customs procedures.

A food system encompasses not only agriculture’s role but also the values, preferences and demands of the society within which farming resides.

Spending on entitlement programs must be curtailed, given changing demographics, slowing economic growth and new priorities.