Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

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

In an effort to help livestock producers who have been hard-hit by drought conditions, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s intent to purchase up to $170 million of pork, lamb, chicken, and catfish for federal food nutrition assistance programs, including food banks.

Fred Stokes, the president of the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and lawyer Dan Owen with Kansas City law firm Polsinelli Shugart LLC, clarified the scope and objectives of a lawsuit filed Thursday evening to challenge the beef checkoff program and stop funds from going to the National

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today 153 cases of a strain of influenza virus related to swine, most of which occurred at county fairs, from July 12 to August 9.