Enough Democrats were set to vote for cloture on a new spending package to get over a 60-vote hurdle and set the stage to end the shutdown.

The dean of Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is one of two presidential finalists at Iowa State. Results ...

At issue now is a lower court ruling ordering the US Department of Agriculture – which administers SNAP funds on the federal level – to swiftly issue full food stamp benefits to all recipients.

Eight Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass continuing resolution, ending 40-day government shutdown with 60-40 vote in ...

A deal between a handful of Democrats and Republicans appeared to clear the way for the shutdown to end but Michigan's ...

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration must fully fund SNAP during the ongoing government shutdown.

President Donald Trump's administration is demanding states "undo" full SNAP benefits paid out under judges' orders last week ...

States are facing uncertainty about providing full monthly benefits for a federal food program serving 42 million Americans.

Seed corn companies are using more laborers with H-2A visas, according to data from Iowa Workforce Development and U.S.

Farms in Hardwick and Sunderland are close to completing meat-processing facilities critical to supporting the local food movement ...

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a letter to SNAP State Agency Directors informing them that it will be releasing full SNAP funding. The […] ...

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate Democratic whip and the No. 2-ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, voiced ...