Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The launch last month of USDAs new Margin Protection Program (MPP), intended to help Americas 45,000 dairy farmers survive when feed costs overtake milk income, has provoked a debate over whether it is compatible with U.S. trade interests.

Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the president of the European Commission on Tuesday, asking him to complete the regulatory process for eight biotechnology products pending before the EC. The European Commission is the executive arm of the EU.

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report sheds new light on the hurdles that producers, manufacturers and consumers will continue to face as economic activity improves and more freight moves across already overcrowded U.S. roads and railways.

The National Cattlemens Beef Association and 45 state associations sent a letter to Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Tuesday urging him to reconsider his efforts to increase funding for the beef industry by reforming the Beef Checkoff administratively.

Fracking � injecting a high-pressure, sand-water-chemical mix to tap natural gas by fracturing deep rock formations � is boosting natural gas supplies, lowering prices, and promising a bonanza in revenue and jobs for 31 states with prov

Agricultural technology continues to improve by leaps and bounds, but use of drone technology in farming is not keeping pace, hampered by delays in regulatory approval, or confusion about rules already in place.

Coming soon: a potential determination on whether or not the northern long-eared bat species, prevalent throughout much of the United States, will be listed as �endangered� by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). A decision, whi

Nearly a year beyond the Nov. 30, 2013, deadline to set volume requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the EPA still isn�t saying when to expect an announcement. But National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe says the advanced biofuels industry

American Farm Bureau Federation�s Deputy Chief Economist John Anderson comes across as one of the most easy-going agricultural economists you�d ever want to know.

USDA has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in Meeker County, Minnesota, marking the ninth outbreak of HPAI in the state.