Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture, fielding questions before the Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on a variety of hot topics in ag.

Brooke Rollins, the president’s nominee to lead the Agriculture Department, will appear before the Senate agriculture committee on Thursday.

The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ties to meatpacking behemoths, ...

Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at ...

Rollins said that while she cannot make a commitment to opposing cuts, she can commit to “a lot of time, a lot of thought, a lot of conversation.” ...

(USDA photo by Lance Cheung). The new leader of the U.S. Senate’s agriculture committee, Arkansas’ John Boozman, has several ...

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Workers in agriculture are saying Mississippi's future looks bleak based on financial challenges surrounding farming. Thursday morning, they went before the Mississippi Senate Agriculture Committee to ...

After serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for six years, Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, will serve the next six years in the U.S. Senate. She succeeds Sen. Debbie Stabenow, also a Democrat.

Bird flu, biofuels, and the ag trade deficit were among several topics discussed Thursday during Brooke Rollins’ Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. “I commit to you today ...

The former White House aide, who served as Trump's domestic policy chief during his first administration, previously served as the general deputy counsel and policy advisor for former Texas Gov. Rick ...

House Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann have selected legislators to fill empty committee seats.