Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Sacramento, April 7, 2025 – Back by popular demand, Agri-Pulse will be hosting another “Great Tomato Challenge” in Sacramento, starting April 7. The competition is open to members of the California Senate and Assemblymembers and their staff members, who can pick up their tomato plants in the swing space near the capitol today.

Join us for the Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit on March 17 in Washington, D.C., to learn from leading industry experts about how upcoming legislative and regulatory changes in the ag and food industries could impact you and your businesses.  

Tax and spending cuts are at the top of the to-do list for congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. But there are a broad array of other issues in play that are critical to food and agriculture, from farm bill and the next dietary guidelines to regulations for pesticides and gene-edited crops, and the future of the Biden administration's climate policies.

Brad Hooker, who has been leading Agri-Pulse Communications’ coverage of food and agriculture policy in California since 2019, has been named the company’s first Sacramento bureau chief.

Oliver Ward has joined the Agri-Pulse editorial team as the digital media firm’s international trade editor.

Kenneth Bader, longtime head of the American Soybean Association, died Saturday in Chesterfield, Missouri. He was 90.

Agri-Pulse Communications is taking applications for a summer 2025 intern who is passionate about reporting on farm, food and rural policy and serving our growing audience. 

Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce Hannah Fonseca has transitioned to the Agri-Pulse sales and marketing team as the digital media firm’s Eastern sales representative.

A federal judge has upheld a state law in Massachusetts banning the sale of pork that comes from the offspring of sows raised in gestation crates.

Agri-Pulse is kicking off its special coverage of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee today and at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month.