Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

USDA has selected 85 utilities and cooperatives for grants totaling more than $59 million to encourage economic growth in rural communities.

The federal government today unveiled the second phase of an inter-agency action plan designed to protect and restore the health of the Great Lakes, the largest system of fresh surface water in the world.

The EPA has decided not to appeal a federal ruling in favor of West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt in a Clean Water Act (CWA) case.

Odds of a major El Niño hitting the United States are growing and it could bring with it some extreme weather patterns.

Don’t expect a proposal for an organic industry checkoff to be submitted to USDA before the end of this year, says the CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA).

The 2012 Census of Agriculture shows the number of U.S. farms producing renewable energy has more than doubled since the last census in 2007. But farm energy advocates say the findings mark just the beginning of a growing surge in agricultural production of renewable energy and cite energy programs

They may be large family farms operated under the best accepted environmental practices, but according to a new interactive map released by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), these so-called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are “animal factories” that could harm the environment and nea

The White House issued today an executive order to create a plan to fight antibiotic resistance, a problem the Administration said is a “serious threat to public health and the economy.”

A lead author of the National Climate Assessment released in Washington Tuesday says that only time will tell if the major floods and droughts in recent years are the result of climate change, but the models that track changing climate conditions have predicted the extreme weather episodes seen in