Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The record-breaking drought sweeping most of the nation’s agricultural land should serve as a spur for Congress to pass a farm bill before the current bill’s expiration on Sept. 30, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) weighed into the debate over whether or note lawmakers should support Price Loss Coverage (PLC)

USDA announced today it intends to purchase sugar from domestic sugarcane or sugar beet processors for the first time since 2000.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack expects President Obama to win a second term, in part because the rural economy is improving, he told Agri-Pulse in a wide-ranging interview with our editorial team. But Vilsack declined to speculate about whether he would continue at USDA.

Brazil’s emergence over the last two decades as a robust competitor in exports of a wide range of agricultural economies in addition to its traditional sugar and coffee – notably meat and poultry products, cotton, orange juice, grain and soybeans – is traced in exhaustive detail in a new report by

The food industry is part of the solution to helping Americans cut back on calories, not part of the problem, according to the deputy director of USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)

USDA announced last week a new round of conservation partnership projects, part of the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI), in nine states under the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). Producers say the investments are already paying off.

The administration issued a veto threat tonight of the House’s five-year farm bill (H.R. 1947), largely over the legislation’s proposed $20.5 billion cut to the nutrition title, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

An Arizona congressman is attempting to do legislatively what the oil industry is attempting in federal court – modify the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to lower cellulosic biofuel requirements.

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2012 -The conviction last week of a Maryland man on charges he sold some $9 million in fraudulent renewable energy credits based on biodiesel he never produced is the latest in ongoing developments that have shaken the biodiesel industry, raised question of confidence in how EPA