Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Biotechnology interests say provisions in the new farm bill that for the first time recognize biobased products and renewable chemicals on a par with biofuels represents a sea change, offering new benefits

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., announced he will retire after he completes his last nine months serving in the House of Representatives.

The chairman and vice chairman Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition’s, as well as two of the coalition’s former chairmen, sent a letter to Congressional leadership today urging Congress to approve

Congressmen Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Jim Costa, D-Calif., Steve Womack, R-Ark, and Peter Welch, D-Vt., sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on Friday requesting additional information on the challenges of implementing

A report released by a Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change work group says rising temperatures are having a greater negative impact on crop yields globally than positive.

It can't be an accident: the Obama administration on Tuesday announced it would make available $20 million to aid California farmers struggling through a historic drought, just a day before

The plan to launch commercial production of biofuels and high-value chemicals from ?energy? beets in North Dakota is being delayed for two years to give growers more time to

Unsold supplies of U.S. corn totaled 7.01 billion bushels as of March 1, up 30 percent from a year earlier, USDA said today in a quarterly report. Usage for the three-month period from December through February was indicated at 3.45 billion bushels, up from 2.63 billion in the same period a year ea

Legislation adopted by the House Energy Committee last week by a 29-19 vote would restrict EPA authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate

U.S. farmers intend to plant 91.7 million acres with corn this year, down 4 percent from 2013, USDA said today. If realized, the figure would be the lowest since 2010, yet still the fifth-largest planted acreage since 1944, the department said.