Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

With the curtain rising on Monday on Congressðs last weeks of work before the November election, both insiders and outsiders expect to see a near-bare stage ð with all of the actors preoccupied.

Agriculture teachers are leaving their posts every year, while the demand for certified ag teachers is growing as more and more middle and secondary schools in urban areas want agricultural programs in their curriculum.

Farm owners and operators are beginning to make decisions presented to them by the 2014 Farm Bill, most of which will largely depend on their expectations for prices and their own finances.

The condition of the U.S. corn crop, already projected to be the biggest in history, just keeps getting better.

The disease that has plagued the U.S. pork industry for the last 17 months has slowed its progression, but producers are gearing up for a potential uptick in the winter months.

USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) has tightened its requirements for the use of brand or company names that contain the word ðorganicð on labels of packaged food products.

USDAðs decision to delay implementation of a key crop insurance change - included in the 2014 Farm Bill - could end up in the courts.

U.S. wheat producers have been losing between $60 million and $70 million in export sales annually in recent years due to an influx of what the Philippinesð Department of Agriculture has determined is unfairly priced Turkish flour into the country.

A National Academy of Sciences committee, charged with updating a 2010 study that found ðsubstantial net environmental and economic benefitsð from biotechnology on the farm, is under attack from critics trying to lay the groundwork to fault the eventual findings of the study that

The California Roundtable on Agriculture and the Environment (CRAE) is calling on the state to take action to preserve the stateðs farm and ranchland which lost almost 170,000 acres to development between 2008 and 2010.