Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 -A group of agricultural economists released a series of reports intended to elevate the importance of conservation as a major economic issue during House Agriculture Committee deliberations today on the 2012 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM).

Farm energy advocates are closely watching the House Agriculture Committee mark-up of the 2012 Farm Bill proposal, looking for allies that can revive mandatory funding for the bill’s energy title initiatives.

Specialty crop interests say changes proposed in the House farm bill for a program that enhances access to fruits and vegetables in school meal programs will likely result in conflict between the program’s Senate author and House leaders who want to expand it.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that an unknown person or group of people destroyed two plots of land owned by Syngenta and used to grow genetically engineered sugar beets in Jackson County, Oregon, earlier this month.

USDA announced that Kevin Shea is officially appointed as Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today.

Fifteen of the 20 members of the Senate Agriculture Committee urged the Obama Administration today to scrutinize the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods to China’s Shuanghui International for its potential impact food security, food safety and biosecurity and safeguarding intellectual property.

An amendment that would eliminate the so-called “supply management” provisions of a new dairy program is sure to ignite fireworks in Wednesday’s House Agriculture Committee farm bill markup.

Emotions will be running high when the 46 members of the House Agriculture Committee gather Wednesday morning to debate and amend the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM). With more than one-third of these lawmakers working on their first farm bill, members and staff met Monda

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 – United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman was easily confirmed by the Senate today, 93-4.

Three distinguished scientists — Marc Van Montagu of Belgium, and Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley of the United States — were today named the winners of the 2013 World Food Prize during a ceremony at the U.S. State Department, where Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the keynote address