Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Meeting several times over the last few days, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, made progress toward a compromise on spending cuts and revenue increases to address the “fiscal cliff.”

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., supported an amendment introduced today by Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., to the Hurricane Sandy disaster aid bill that would extend livestock disaster assistance for one year.

The Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday to establish dicamba residue tolerances for several food crops, claiming tolerances should be established before pending applications are approved for dicamba tolerant crops.

The national trade association and public policy organization representing the tugboat, towboat and barge industry continue to urge that additional flows from the Missouri River be released to avert an effective shutdown of the Mississippi River to barge transportation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its national clean air standards today without tightening “farm dust” standards.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's measures to open conservation land to emergency haying and grazing

The Senate Democratic Steering Committee approved committee assignments for Democratic senators in the 113th Congress.

Several senators wrote to leadership today, encouraging the inclusion of the farm bill in any end-of-the year legislation. The group of 33 senators stated “with each passing day, the difficulty of enacting a farm bill before the end of this Congress grows.”

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's measures to open conservation land to emergency haying and grazing during the 2012 drought freed up a record 2.8 million acres and provided as much as $200 million in forage for producers facing critical fee

National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson sent a letter to President Barack Obama today asking him to include the farm bill in legislation being negotiated to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”