Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several changes to USDA disaster programs in response to the drought enveloping large parts of the country as the House Agriculture Committee marked up its farm bill today.

The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released today reflects lowered yield for corn and soybean due to harsh weather conditions.

A coalition of more than 70 organizations signed a letter in support of Rural Development funding in the House Agriculture Committee draft farm bill. Among other requests, the letter supports provisions of Rep. Mike McIntyre’s (D-N.C.) amendment that directs $50 million in mandatory spending to ad

The National Grain and Feed Association today submitted a statement to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging that a one-hour pause in open-outcry pit and electronic trading be implemented surrounding the release of the department’s agricultural statistical reports.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its FAO Food Price Index this week, which fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 percent from May to its lowest level since September 2010. The four-point drop in June brought the index to 201 points from a

President Obama’s re-election campaign is soliciting supporters to enlist in a “Rural Americans

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) today expressed its strong opposition to an amendment that Representative Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., intends to introduce during next week’s markup of the farm bill that would change current sugar programs in such a way as to effectively eliminate the p

A letter from 14 state poultry associations to the House Agriculture Committee today asks for the renewal of the Rural Energy for America Program and mandatory funding to pay for it.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) issued its final ruling on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) today, upholding much of the initial ruling from November 2011, which the U.S. Trade Representative appealed in March 2012.

Environmental groups are ratcheting up the pressure on EPA to move on a legal petition they filed in March urging the immediate suspension of a pesticide the groups say is linked to colony collapse disorder (CCD)