Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) USDA released today notes that the Midwestern drought is affecting corn and soybean prices, but that the impact will not be seen on retail prices until 2013.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $26 million in Conservation Innovation Grants awarded by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced approval of the voluntary waiver of Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Basic Provisions 30-day ownership requirement due to severe drought.

The “Farm Bill Now” coalition, which includes 39 of the nation’s agricultural organizations, continued its public awareness campaign today with a new website and event announcements to encourage Congress to pass a new, comprehensive, five-year farm bill before current farm programs expire in Septem

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) halted the slaughter operations at Central Valley Meat in Hanford, Calif. after receiving video depicting inhumane treatment of cattle at the facility. According to a release Tuesday, USDA notified the operation on August 19 that it would immediatel

USDA released a final rule today to implement the wholesale pork reporting provision of the federal mandatory price reporting law, which requires meat packers to report price data to the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

Russia officially becomes the 156th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) today, 19 years after it first applied to the WTO in June 1993.

A farm in southwestern Indiana is linked to an outbreak of salmonella in cantaloupe, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported has killed two people and infected 141.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register notice opening a 30 day comment period on requests from the Governors of Arkansas and North Carolina to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requirements.

Monsanto Company today announced that Brett Begemann, 51, has been named as the company’s President and Chief Commercial Officer.