Marc has reported on agricultural issues since 1993 when he began reporting for the Watertown Daily Times in northern New York. He reported for the Daily Times for 18 years, including more than 14 as its Washington, D.C., correspondent. For the past few years, he reported on tax legislation for Bloomberg BNA. Marc grew up in White Plains, N.Y., and holds a graduate degree from Columbia University. He won several state Associated Press writing contests while reporting for New York newspapers.
The Agriculture Department's chief scientist will face the Senate Agriculture Committee this week amid the uproar over moving hundreds of his department's researchers away from the nation's capital.
EPA said today it's expanding the allowed uses of a pesticide that was briefly banned in 2015 due to the danger it posed to bees.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture could suffer a "catastrophic" loss of staff if the Department of Agriculture sticks with a plan to relocate the agency to Kansas City by the end of September, the labor union representing employees said today.
The Department of Agriculture's search for office space for its two agencies relocating to Kansas City may take a month longer than planned.
Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts said he's trying to work through the latest stumbling block for three Agriculture Department nominees, potential casualties of the politics of ethanol.