Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Farmers planted an estimated 96.4 million acres of corn this spring, up 5 percent from last year and the highest planted acreage in the United States since 1937 when an estimated 97.2 million acres were planted, according to a USDA report released today. Growers expect to harvest 88.9 million acres

American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman issued a statement today regarding his concerns of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, which includes issuing the individual mandate as a tax.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a lawsuit in federal court charging hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, who funded the proposed and now bankrupt LightSquared network, with market manipulation, preferential treatment to several big investors and borrowing cash from his hedge f

Dairy groups asked Congress this week to guarantee that regulations designed to protect the environment against toxic waste do not ensnare dairy farmers and others who raise farm animals.

The House Budget Committee marked up the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 today, voting against an amendment offered by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., That would replace the $1.2 trillion sequester by eliminating direct payments to farmers and increasing taxes on domestic oil companies, among

The House Appropriations Committee is expected tomorrow to finish marking up and adopt a fiscal 2013 measure that budgets $28 billion for EPA and the Interior Department

The USDA Economic Research Service reported the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a composite measure of the level of average prices paid by urban consumers, for all food is projected to increase 2.5 to 3.5 percent in 2012.

The Senate passed the “Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012” today with a 64-35 vote after voting on 73 amendments this week.

After two and a half days of voting on 73 amendments to the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, the Senate

The White House today put out a Statement of Administrative Policy opposing H.R. 5973 – Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013.