Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The National Grain and Feed Association (NFGA) is urging the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) to adopt new rules for grain shippers to challenge rail freight rates, alleging that current regulations allow railroads to extract “excessive monopoly profits” from agricultural customers.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has joined several agricultural groups in asking EPA to withdraw its “interpretive rule” concerning Clean Water Act (CWA) permit exemptions for certain farming activities near wetlands.

The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) today announced country-specific reallocations of the fiscal year 2014 in-quota quantities of the World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar.

U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., are calling on USDA to shut down all Foster Farms poultry processing facilities until a year-long salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 600 people in 29 states is under control.

The EPA today issued a rule designed to maintain liquidity in the market for the renewable identification numbers, or RINs, established under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS.) A second rule was issued listing additional fuels that can qualify for RINs and certifying corn kernel fiber as a “crop re

A broad group of agricultural organizations is asking Congress to take action on the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule if it is found to be in violation of U.S. international trade obligations

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that New York City’s Board of Health “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority” in attempting to implement its so-called “soda ban.”

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced the appointment of 19 additional members to six agricultural trade advisory committees.

Correction: In the June 25, 2014 edition of Agri-Pulse, we quoted the Center for Responsive Politics data which indicated that the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Political Action Committee (PAC) donated $7,500 to Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign.