Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Cows raised on organic and conventional dairy farms in three regions of the United States show no significant differences in health or in the nutritional content of their milk

USDA today announced two additional ways it is planning to help schools serve healthier meals as part of their school lunch programs.

In letters sent this week to the European Commission and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), several agricultural organizations asked that the European Union (EU) take action in September on nine biotechnology products.

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) late Wednesday asked a federal appellate court to reverse a lower court ruling that upheld the EPA’s pollution limits for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today published its final amended rule for the “Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection,” adding a fifth program for young chicken and all turkey processing plants after what it calls a successful 15-year trial.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a report compiled by the U.S. Forest Service, which says the cost of fighting forest fires increased over the last 20 years as the budgets for other forest programs, including those that can help prevent fire damage, have shrunk.

USDA today announced $25 million in funding intended to help rural businesses grow, diversify, and create jobs in the department’s ongoing effort to support local and regional food systems.

The public comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed changes to its Agricultural Worker Protection Standards, published on March 19, 2014, closed Monday.

A middle-income family with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend about $245,340, an overall 1.8 percent increase from 2012, according to a report released Monday.