Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

In light of today’s USDA crop report, the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) urged the Administration to waive penalties for early withdrawals from the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

The governors of Maryland and Delaware requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the next year.

National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Garry Niemeyer released a statement in response to USDA reports that estimated the U.S. corn yield this year to be its lowest in 17 years.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today a six percent increase in its Food Price Index for July 2012. The spike was largely driven by a surge in grain and sugar prices, while international prices of meat and dairy mostly sustained.

The Department of Agriculture announced tougher sanctions for those misusing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) today. The updated measures include tougher financial sanctions for retailers that defraud the program and new requirements for States to ensure benefits go solely to eligi

The American Sugar Alliance released a study of Europe’s 2006 sugar policy reform during its 29th International Sweetener Symposium in an effort to deter opponents of U.S. sugar policy from implementing similar changes.

Following a petition from livestock, poultry and dairy industry members and a similar appeal from 156 members of the House, 25 U.S. senators today urged EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to use her waiver authority to adjust the corn-ethanol mandate for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Rabobank’s International Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) released a study last week predicting continued pressure for cattle feeders in the United States.

The Senate Finance Committee included several biofuel tax credit provisions in its tax extender package passed Thursday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., released a summary of the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012, a package that includes more than $205 billio

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced a 9.6 percent increase in the National Farmers Market Directory, which she says is a good indicator of the upward trend in consumers buying local food. USDA’s directory, a database published online at farmersmarkets.usda.gov, identifie