Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014 – The House approved today, by voice vote, legislation (H.R. 311) that aims to ensure that the EPA's spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC) regulations adequately recognize the low risk of spills on U.S. farms and ranches.

Help Agri-Pulse celebrate Ag Day’s 41st anniversary and our 10th year in business. Please join Agri-Pulse on Monday, March 24 for our Farm to Fork Politics discussion, where United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden will join

More than 50 senators recently wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the government to push back against efforts to restrict how U.S. companies market cheese and other foods.

The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) expressed concern today with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) proposed regulations to establish speculative position limits for futures and swaps on various commodities

The Kennedy Family, owners of Kennedy Groves and United Indian River Packers in Vero Beach, announced they will sell their citrus holdings in order to concentrate on the family's other businesses. The Florida-based companies have been farming, packing and marketing Indian River Citrus for over 100

About 30 Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor overnight between Monday and Tuesday to urge action on climate change, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced today.

The American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted its comments today on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposal to further reduce trans fat consumption by rescinding the generally regarded as safe (GRAS) status for partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), including partially hydrogenated soybea

USDA today posted Monsanto’s petition for its SmartStax Pro product, which is corn genetically engineered for protection against corn rootworm and resistance to the herbicide glyphosate.

President Obama signed into law today legislation (H.R. 2431) that reauthorizes the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) through fiscal year 2018.

Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., Lee Terry, R-Neb., Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., and Jim Costa, D-Calif., today introduced legislation to prohibit EPA from disclosing the private information of livestock and poultry producers