Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

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.

Effective Sept. 1, The Organic Center is combining efforts with the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and relocating its headquarters from Boulder, Colo., to Washington, D.C. The Organic Center will remain an independent non-profit 501(c) (3), but now will be under the administrative auspices of OTA.

The percentage of food insecure households in the United States remained essentially unchanged from 2010 to 2011, while the percentage with “very low” food security increased, according to a USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) report released today. The ERS survey indicated that one-third of all f

WASHINGTON, September 5, 2012- According to USDA’s Crop Progress report released Tuesday afternoon, 10 percent of the nation’s corn is harvested and more than half of the crop is