Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Poor performance and uncertainty about future plans were the key factors that led to USDA s decision to halt a long-delayed and overbudgeted Information technology program known as MIDAS, the General Accountability Office said today in a report.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that eligible producers may now formally enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2014 and 2015. The enrollment period begins June 17, 2015, and will end Sept. 30, 2015.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, is announcing key changes to the panel?s Democratic staff, including the move of Staff Director Chris Adamo to the White House Council on Environmental Quality where he?ll be Chief of Staff.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has scheduled a hearing on July 7 to examine the effects of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) on the U.S. poultry sector.

American Agri-Women is celebrating 40 years of advocating for agriculture with its @Drive Across America,@ a five-month educational and advocacy tour

President Obama`s proposal to eliminate the stepped-up basis for inherited property won`t go anywhere in a Republican Congress.

Wages and working conditions of the people who harvest, process and serve America`s food have a relatively low priority in an elitist `food movement` that`s more caught up opposing biotechnology, antibiotics, agricultural chemicals, `factory farming` and new

While imposing new restrictions on oil and gas drilling off northern Alaska, the Obama administration unveiled the next steps in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing program for 2017-2022.