On the Farm Bill, infrastructure and chemicals.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks polar vortex, the farm bill, and food prices.

Tom Clancy, author of "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games," dies at age 66. Clancy was also a video game magnate and Hollywood hit machine.

Soybean prices have reached a record high, and corn prices are near records in the midst of a rough drought across the Midwest. It could impact all of us soon in the form of higher prices for everything from cereal to chicken.

The former Senate majority leader says the Affordable Care Act is not the first federally mandated program, but got a bad wrap after getting tied up in politics.

For now, the Farm Bill has stalled in Congress. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks about why the bill is vital to farmers, and the agriculture industry as a whole.

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The following is an excerpt from "Three Famines." Learn more about the book and listen to an interview with author Tom Keneally....