Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The Senate voted to confirm David Zatezalo as the Labor Department’s assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - Two organizations that control the licensing of much of the foundational CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing intellectual property for use in agriculture decided to work together to make these tools available non-exclusively, removing roadblocks to expanded use of this technology.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - DOE is making available $3.7 billion in loan guarantees to support the construction of two nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia.

JOHNSTON, IOWA, Oct. 4, 2017 - For the second year in a row, gasoline retailers across Iowa are participating in the Pink at the Pump campaign during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is beefing up his press operation at USDA. New to the Communications Office are Meghan Rodgers as press secretary and Jake Wilkins, who most recently was working as a press assistant at the Republican National Committee. Rodgers, a Villanova University alum, had been working for Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla. Wilkins will be picking up his master’s degree in political management from George Washington University in December.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 – In the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Department of Agriculture has tweaked some of its nutrition programs as people recover from the storms.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2017 - On Tuesday, the National Pork Producers Council delivered a petition to the Department of Transportation requesting livestock haulers be exempted from Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rules dictating allowable hours of service.