Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

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.”

Leaving the Senate after 36 years, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., wants to stay engaged in issues that have marked his public career

In just four years, America's top conservationists have enrolled 50 million acres in USDA's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA announced today.

While the operating environment will remain challenging, America’s 980,000 restaurants are expected to post record sales and continue to be a leading job creator in 2013, according to the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) 2013 Restaurant Industry Forecast released today.