Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

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.

In a letter sent today to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) asked U.S. negotiators on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to insist that Japan eliminate its tariff system for pork imports.

he National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make significant changes in its proposed rules implementing the sanitary food transportation provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced that the Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) will be available to upland cotton producers through the federal crop insurance program beginning with the 2015 crop year.

Cargill agreed to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) at two different large oil storage facilities located in Blair, Neb., and Eddyville, Iowa.

Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has been elected board chairman of the newly established Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research. The 15-member board chose Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum as vice chairman at the group’s inaugural meeting on Thursday.

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan Garcia is retiring after 37 years with USDA, the agency announced today.