Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 - G20 governments have long sought to improve international collaboration in support of a more productive and sustainable global food and agriculture system, but more work is needed.

According to the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), for 2012/13, U.S. feed grain supplies are virtually unchanged and projected 2012/13 season average price ranges for corn, sorghum, barley, and oats are all unchanged.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government approved Fiscal Year 2013 appropriation levels today, which include a 50 percent increase for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) above the FY 2012 level.

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012 -President Obama announced that new financing will be allocated to help rural small businesses expand and hire via the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC).

The American Soybean Association (ASA) and several agriculture groups sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) encouraging

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced its plan to become the first major media company to introduce new standards for food advertising on programming targeting kids and families.

The Obama Administration announced its support of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 today, but notes it wants more cuts in the crop insurance and commodity programs. The White House released its statement after the Senate voted 90-8 today to proceed to debate the 2012 Farm Bill.

More than 185 leaders and rural organizations from across the nation sent a letter to every U.S. Senator Wednesday expressing support for Federal investment in rural development in the Farm Bill currently being debated on the floor of the Senate.

Global food prices dropped sharply in May due to generally favorable supplies, growing global economic uncertainties and a strengthening of the US dollar, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Thursday.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture cleared on a voice vote $140.7 billion in FY 2013 discretionary and mandatory funding for the USDA and FDA. The bill now goes to the House Appropriations Committee.