Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 – A group of four bipartisan senators today introduced a resolution aimed at highlighting

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan visited South Dakota State University today to announce more than $75 million in grants for research, education and extension activities to address food security challenges.

U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced several biotechnology regulatory actions sent to the Federal Register for publication.

The Department of Justice unsealed a 76-count indictment yesterday charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company with numerous charges relating to a salmonella outbreak in 2009.

USDA announced Wednesday that the risk status of U.S. cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) may soon be moved from “controlled” to “negligible,” the lowest risk category.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced the appointment of 37 private-sector representatives to the Secretary’s newly re-chartered Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RE&EE) Advisory Committee during the group’s initial meeting at the Department of Commerce

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2013 – The potential market for U.S. organic products in the European Union could be worth about $50 million a year with opportunities in vegetables, fresh fruit, dried fruits

The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to consider a nearly four-year-old petition from dairy trade associations to allow the use of “any safe and suitable sweetener as an optional ingredient” in milk and 17 other dairy products.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2013 – A group of bipartisan senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced legislation that would remove