Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) announced its suit against ABC News today for defamatory coverage of the product, lean finely textured beef (LFTB). The beef company is suing for “knowingly and intentionally publishing false and disparaging statements” regarding BPI and LFTB.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple and leaders of CHS Inc., the nation’s largest farmer-owned cooperative, today announced that the company is taking steps toward constructing a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North Dakota

U.S. corn and soybean production estimates are lowered due to this year’s drought conditions and Russia’s wheat reductions caused global wheat supplies to lower, according to USDA’s September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE).

The “Farm Bill Now!” coalition will host a rally on U.S. Capitol grounds Wednesday morning to encourage Congress to pass a new, comprehensive, five-year farm bill before current farm programs expire at the end of September.

A federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, sentenced the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a producer of pesticides for commercial and consumer lawn and garden uses, to pay a $4 million fine and perform community service for eleven criminal violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentici

Several agricultural associations signed a letter today that urged Senate leaders to “refrain from supporting” any legislation resembling the House-passed disaster bill if such a measure is presented in the Senate. Supporting such a measure would detract from the larger mission of passing a long-te

President Barack Obama gave his nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. last night, where he used his renewable energy goals as examples of positive developments under his four-year term.

Stormwater runoff from tree harvesting and other forestry activities should not be subject to federal Clean Water Act permitting requirements, according to a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court by the American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm groups.

The White House will welcome 11 “Champions of Change” today for their commitments to strengthen food security in the United States and internationally.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 213 points in August 2012, unchanged from July.