Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

A new coalition, focused on the right to know whether or not foods are genetically engineered, today denounced the millions of dollars poured into anti-Prop 37 efforts by major corporations

House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., today urged House Republican Leaders to bring the Agriculture Committee’s five-year farm bill to the floor for a vote in the lame duck session, opposing any extension of the bill.

National agriculture organizations congratulated the President on his reelection today in a series of statements released this morning

Members of the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports strongly urged U.S. House of Representatives leadership to take action this year on a new five-year Farm Bill in a letter dated Nov. 2, 2012.

The publication put out its “2012 Top Lobbyists” yesterday, and the decidedly unscientific list includes some interesting agricultural players – and omits some others.

Farmers will pay significantly more for the seed they'll plant in 2013 but make up for it with higher returns on their investment, predicts a Purdue University agricultural economist.

Following a recent growth trend, sales of U.S. fresh berries will continue to expand by seven percent per year over the next three years, according to a report released today by Rabobank’s Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) group.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announced today that their industry-led agreement to address the transition of commercial biotechnology events as they go off patent is open for signature.

As the governments of the United States and the European Union (EU) explore ways to enhance trade, including through a potential free trade agreement (FTA), the American Soybean Association (ASA) has provided its views to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., committed to holding a vote on the 2012 Farm Bill following the Nov. 6 election today during a campaign stop in Boise, Idaho for Rep. Paul Labrador, R-Idaho.