Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today denied an appeal filed by the American Meat Institute and a group of trade associations representing livestock producers, feedlot operators, and meat packers seeking to block implementation of USDA?s country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today announced its final listing of the lesser prairie-chicken as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

The Senate and the House approved legislation today that seeks to address the Ukraine crisis by offering financial assistance to the nation and by imposing various sanctions against Russia.

In an unusual display of camaraderie, Democrats, Republicans and government officials joined together yesterday to honor the legacy of Norman Borlaug, known as the “father of the Green Revolution,” during the annual celebration of National Ag Day

Speculation is reaching a fever pitch over whether House Republican leadership has the votes to approve a three-year nutrition bill (H.R. 3102) that aims to cut about $40 billion over 10 years from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Barriers occur in nature as in politics and there is no better example than California’s expanding drought. Nature has built a brick wall, a mass of high pressure air that

As the European Union (EU) prepares to limit residues of a post-harvest chemical that’s widely used in the U.S. apple industry, some growers and shippers are

When it comes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), members of President Obama’s own administration have forgotten his history with renewable energy, National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe charged in

USDA’s Rural Development agency announced a two week extension for grant applications for the Value-Added Producer Grant program. The extension, published in today's Federal Register, was made necessary by changes to the program included in the 2014 Farm Bill recently signed into law. The new gra

The farm bill under negotiation is expected to have an energy title that has mandatory funding for farm energy programs, closely following a version adopted by