Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Farmland values and cash rents were down in the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Despite these declines, farm income rose modestly across the District served by the Bank.

USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Elisabeth Hagen announced today that she will be leaving the USDA for the private sector in mid-December.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee asked U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to maintain strong trade agreements during the negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the upcoming Bali Ministerial in a letter sent Wednesday.

The cost of a “classic” Thanksgiving dinner is down from last year, according to numbers released by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) today

Seven former chiefs of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) sent a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders Monday expressing their support for conservation compliance in the farm bill.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) announced today the formation an Iowa Agriculture Council of farmers and ranchers intended to increase farm animal welfare standards in what HSUS calls intensive confinement.

In the wake of severe damage to the fisheries and agriculture sectors in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is mobilizing support and calling for $24 million in aid.

Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less price volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals, according to FAO's Food Outlook report published today.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today published two biotechnology regulatory actions or a Monsanto soybean variety and a BASF herbicide-resistant soybean.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” for use in food.