Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

USDA deputy secretary resigns, no reason given.

Renewable fuel stakeholders push back on claims that ethanol is causing higher prices.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve the nation’s water infrastructure – including locks and dams along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers – through

Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., is leading a group of 40 House members, including House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., in writing a letter to EPA acting administrator Bob Perciasepe expressing concern over the agency releasing livestock producers’ private information to envir

Senators Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a bipartisan tax bill that will extend tax breaks for those who donate conservation easements on agricultural land

A startup company that uses the enzymes of bark beetles to control the devastating effects the beetles can have on a forest was awarded the $50,000 gold prize this week as the winner in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Sontag Entrepreneurship Competition

Senate Appropriation Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., received a letter from several agricultural organizations opposing restrictions to regulations under the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule.

A new, faster and more precise way of measuring hunger and food insecurity across the world is soon to be field-tested by FAO in several pilot countries.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead the U.S. delegation at the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture next month in Washington.

A coalition of more than 40 commodity groups, lending organizations, and other agricultural stakeholders led by the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau sent a letter today urging Congress to defend a strong farm safety net.