Articles by Marshall Matz

Bernie Sanders is right on target when it comes to rural development, but his positions on agriculture miss the mark, writes Marshall Matz, former chair of the Obama for president committee on agriculture

The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services has released the 8th edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (the PReportP). The new Dietary Guidelines, after much concern, turned out to be the best to date.

As far as politics goes, there is one and only one issue that will dominate 2016Ðwho will be elected the next President of the United States on November 8

American farmers are so efficient that we spend only 6.5% of our disposable income on food at home which stimulates other sectors of the economy.

Looking forward, what would it really take to totally wipe out global hunger?

There are approximately 80 million dogs in the United States and a similar number of cats.

As the end of August approaches, over 7 million acres have burned  including almost a million acres of National Forests

The debate over agriculture biotechnology (aka genetic engineering (GE), genetic modification (GM), and GM organisms (GMOs)) was front and center in July.

The court approved a settlement of the case in 2011 so why was there yet another court hearing on Monday, June 29th in front of Federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan

Dr. Akinwumi (Akin) Adesina was elected to be the next President of the African Development Bank (ADB), defeating seven rivals in six rounds of voting