Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has released a study emphasizing positive impacts of the ethanol industry in 2013 on job creation, the economy, household income and foreign oil displacement.

The U.S. Department of Labor will update its guidance on grain bin safety enforcement, Brian Kennedy, the DOL’s assistant secretary of the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, said in a letter to Senator Mike Johanns, R-Neb.

U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 11.26 million acres of cotton this spring, up 8.2 percent from 2013, according to the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) annual early planting survey

President Obama directed the administration today, working through the White House Rural Council, to lead a new “Made in Rural America” export and investment initiative.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today reminded producers of recent changes to the organic farm safety net and key dates for producers to know for their 2014 crops

The House today approved legislation (H.R. 3964), on a mostly party-line vote of 229-191, which aims to provide emergency drought relief throughout California.

USDA is creating seven “Climate Hubs” in each region of the country intended to address weather risks and generate resources for farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the creation of new Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change at seven locations around the country

Several senators led by Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to implement the livestock disaster programs reauthorized in the 2014 Farm Bill as soon as possible.

USDA today proposed the establishment of minimum national professional standards and training requirements for school nutrition professionals who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs