Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

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.

A U.S. Appeals Court struck down challenges to the EPA’s decision to allow E15 blended ethanol into the market. The opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit filed Friday rejected multiple challenges to EPA’s allowance of E15 in Grocery Manufacturers Association v. EPA.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced the availability of up to $5 million in grants this week to evaluate and demonstrate agricultural practices that help farmers and ranchers adapt to drought.

Corn prices pushed higher by the worst U.S. drought in half a century would not necessarily moderate if the federal government's corn ethanol mandate were temporarily suspended, according to a report by Purdue University agricultural economists.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointments of 18 members of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, an advisory group they established in 2010 to advise them on wildlife conservation, habitat conservation, and hunting

Rep. Dennis Cardoza announced his resignation from the U.S. Congress, effective midnight August 15, 2012, ending the term of one of the last remaining “Blue Dog” Democrats serving in Congress

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue requested an official waiver request of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) responded to the request today, calling Perdue’s action “out of hand.”

Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, spoke at last week’s Organization for Competitive Markets meeting in Kansas City about his outreach to farm organizations like OCM and UEP and horse slaughter