Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14–USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding 29 grants across 19 states, totaling $46 million, through its Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13- The House and Senate approved trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama last night after almost five years of negotiations. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) called the passage “a good day for American exporters and the American economy.”

WASHINGTON, October 13 – A new USDA study shows that farmers using combinations of erosion-control and nutrient-management practices on cultivated cropland are reducing losses of sediment, nitrogen and phosphorous from farm fields and decreasing the movement of these materials to the Great Lakes an

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13- The four principal agriculture committee leaders, Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) and Reps. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), have reached an agreement on $23 billion in Farm Bill savings to suggest to the Joint Select Committee on D

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12- The four top Congressional agricultural leaders met Wednesday night to deliberate budget recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) met to discuss bip

ROME, Oct. 10 - Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity, the United Nations' three Rome-based agencies said in the global hunger report published today.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12- The National Weather Service (NWS) today released its assessment of a decade-long restructuring, The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS).

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12- Corn and soybean production are down one percent from the September forecasts, according to USDA’s 2011 crop production report released this morning. Cotton production is up slightly, as well as orange production, which is up one percent from last season.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7--The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced a 30-day extension of the comment period for the proposed rule on animal disease traceability.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6- Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and Cong. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) introduced $40 billion in farm bill cuts yesterday.