Hank Wurtz is a hog farmer in northwest Missouri. Before him, his father and grandfather were hog farmers. He’s raising his kids within the business as well. “It’s always been part of what we do,” he ...

As Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, animal welfare advocates are preparing to safeguard California’s Proposition 12 and similar laws regulating agricultural practices while also pushing to ...

Californians voted in favor of the proposition that would set new requirements on farmers to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal. The proposition passed ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation, a slate of livestock groups and several veterinarian organizations are mounting a last-minute push for a farm bill provision preempting state-level animal ...

In 2018, I worked hard to help Californians understand Proposition 12, which helped ensure minimum humane standards for pigs and chickens sold in California and gave the farm animals minimal space to ...

The pork industry says the U.S. Supreme Court’s split decision to uphold California’s Proposition 12 law will create hardships for pork producers, consumers and animal health. California's Prop 12, ...

House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-PA) may be making it tougher to pass a new Farm Bill. Thompson is insisting on including what he calls “a fix” for California’s Proposition 12. He claims ...

Last week, the House Agriculture Committee approved a version of the farm bill, the sprawling piece of recurring legislation governing federal agriculture, conservation, and nutrition policy. Written ...

The enticing smell of bacon isn’t what you would normally expect for a morning on Capitol Hill, but it’s the aroma that greeted staffers grabbing breakfast on a recent morning from a food truck parked ...