Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2016  FDA is taking another look at its food safety testing program for cheese made with raw milk, after cheesemakers raised concerns that the criteria the agency is using may be limiting production of those cheeses without benefiting public health.

USDA says $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the department0s largest conservation program that helps producers voluntarily improve the health and productivity of private and tribal working lands&&

China National Chemical Corp. is close to an agreement to buy Swiss pesticide-and-seed-maker Syngenta AG for almost $43 billion, Bloomberg Business and the Wall Street Journal are reporting.

In the most extensive poll of how U.S. farmers and ranchers plan to vote for president, respondents overwhelmingly say theyPll support a Republican, and among those, 40 percent say they will support Donald Trump.

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Clean energy investment flourished in China, Africa, the U.S., Latin America and India in 2015, driving the world total to a record $328.9 billion. This is up 4 percent from 2014`s $315.9 billion and surpasses the 2011 record by 3 percent, says B

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently announced the release of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) comprehensive Grid Modernization Multi-Year Program Plan, a blueprint for modernizing the electrical grid. The Grid Modernization Initiative is a DOE effort

M.J. Bradley & Associates has published a comprehensive modeling analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency`s controversial Clean Power Plan. The study finds that the plan can achieve significant reductions in carbon pollution from the nation`s power sector while prese

The electric grid must balance power supply and demand nearly in real-time, requiring power plants to be adjusted on a second-by-second basis. This balancing is made increasingly more complex by renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar, which add more uncer

The American Farm Bureau Federation is surveying farmers and ranchers about their experiences with 10 USDA programs administered by three agencies.