Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

The Army Corps of Engineers released a report today outlining potential strategies to prevent Asian carp from entering into and damaging the Great Lakes ecosystem, with a price tag that could reach $18 billion.

Farmers and ranchers who are interested in participating in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) have another month to submit applications

The National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) Restaurant Performance Index (RPI), the monthly composite index that tracks the health of the U.S. restaurant industry, hit a five-month high in November due to improved sales and customer traffic over the past year.

The U.S. hog and pig inventory totaled 65.9 million as of Dec. 1, down 1 percent from a year earlier and down 2 percent from three months earlier, the USDA said today in a quarterly report.

Thirteen senators recently wrote a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee leaders expressing concerns about the potential impacts of an “anti-science provision” in the House version of the farm bill.

Dave White, former chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, has been honored by U.S. rice producers for his innovative conservation achievements.

Dave White, former chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, has been honored by U.S. rice producers for his innovative conservation achievements.

USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) forecasts food price inflation will increase in 2014 to “a range closer to the historical norm,” the agency indicated in data released Monday

High beef prices are expected to continue into 2014 as supply will remain tight, driven by lower feed costs, herd rebuilding in the United States, and strong export demand from Brazil and Argentina, according to a Dec. 26 report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness (FAR) Research and Advisory grou

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a movement permit to one Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole. Mr. Claus is a broker with Worldwide Gifts, Unlimited.