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(Washington, DC) The huge $867 billion dollar farm bill is to be voted on in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday afternoon. Minnesota's Senator Tina Smith says in a year with

From medicinal wonder to Halloween candy, sugar has a bitter history. What happens next is up to us.

A new report from the GAO highlights how America's system of sugar subsidies and tariffs costs consumers about $3.5 billion every year.

The Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement wouldexpand markets for Central America, the Dominican Republic, and theUnited States; help to integrate these countries into the globaleconomy; encourage needed economic reforms; bolster positivepolitical trends; and signal the entire hemisphere that Washingtonis serious about market integration and helping its neighbors todevelop.

Introduction Agricultural producers, similar to other businesses, face significant risk. The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service identifies five different types of farming risk: human and personal risk (such as human health), institutional risk (regarding governmental action), financial risk (such as access to capital), price or market risk, and production risk (such as weather and pests). Of these, policymakers usually focus on the last two types.