The Latest Breaking News from Farm Bill

Two years after President Abraham Lincoln created the Department of Agriculture in 1862, he nicknamed it “the people’s department” because half of all Americans lived on farms at that time. Today, fewer than 2% of Americans farm, but the Agriculture Department still touches people’s lives in many ways.

The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps.

Rep. Jim Costa of California says he'll challenge Rep. David Scott of Georgia to be the top Democrat on House Agriculture.

The Senate's draft farm bill comes with only a few weeks left to finish legislation and with differences from the House bill.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar looks like the top Democrat on Senate Agriculture next year, working with current ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark.

"The new president will bring their own agricultural policy agenda to the job. . . "

Millions of Texans would lose food subsidies and farm insurance if Congress doesn’t act before the end of the year.

Decision that weakened power of government regulatory agencies sows confusion to already chaotic cannabis law

To help raise money, the Lubbock-area food bank recruited a Michelin-recognized chef.