Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Up against the 10 percent °blend wall° which limits its market, the ethanol industry is screaming for relief. It wants its oil-industry competitors to provide consumers with more choice, allowing drivers to fill up with EPA-approved-for-all E15 (15 percent

A new study concludes there are no adverse health effects for animals that eat genetically engineered (GE) feed grains or from the products derived those animals.

The likelihood of an El Ni°o event developing over the Pacific Ocean is still up in the air, but if the weather pattern develops, there°s little chance it will provide enough rain to end one of the worst droughts in California history.

As farmers accelerate the 2014 corn and soybean harvest across the country, a key 2015 input is demonstrating some marketplace volatility with potential savings that might not make it all the way to producers.

Varroa mites and neonicotinoid pesticides are being targeted by opposing groups of legislators and industry stakeholders in the search for the culprit behind pollinator population losses, particularly the honey bee, which the government says adds more than $15 billion in value to agric

USDA°s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced funding awards totaling nearly $19 million to 36 universities that are conducting projects related to safety in the food supply.

A panel meeting to compile recommendations for the next set of Dietary Guidelines for Americans continues to consider sustainability an important component, much to the chagrin of some major agricultural organizations.

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study is normally a sleepy affair that attracts the narrowest of scientific interests, but a two-day meeting of a committee charged with studying biotech crops exploded into controversy that may cast a shadow on the academys neutrality.

The health-insurance reprieve for many farmers who employee others is about to end.

State ballot initiatives to mandate labeling food products made with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) will re-appear this fall in Colorado and Oregon.