Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Next week, voters in Washington State will decide whether to implement the first-ever statewide carbon tax. Initiative 732 would establish a tax on carbon emissions, which would increase yearly 0 starting at $15 per metric ton of emissions in July 2017 and moving to $25

USDAðs National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is making available $17.6 million for research and outreach activities to support the organic agriculture sector. The grants are funded through NIFA's Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OR

USDA today announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into growth-oriented, small businesses across rural America.

In rural America, poverty, hunger and unemployment rates are down and population declines have stopped, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said today, attributing much of the improvement to the efforts of the White House Rural Council.

The renewable chemical industry may be small as a percentage of the overall chemical industry, but it0s steadily growing and producing jobs from Massachusetts to California and lots of places in between.

USDA is investing $26.6 million in 45 projects aimed a spurring innovative conservation initiatives on both rural and urban farms across the country.

Up, up, up. That seems to be the trend line for CEO compensation at major nonprofit trade organizations in the agriculture, food and energy space. As we�ve reported in the past, C-Suite pay trended downward from 2008 to 2010 � after

The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog group, has filed a complaint with U.S. federal regulators alleging that French dairy giant Danone@s proposed acquisition of White Wave Foods is anti-competitive and a threat to the American organic dairy market.

Agri-Pulse will present a special daily program, °Farm to Fork Politics: Elections, Economics and the next Farm Bill° during the upcoming Farm Progress Show near Boone, IA. The program will be run from 12-1 pm on Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1 in the Case