Agri-Pulse staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in seven states to improve electric service for about 7,000 rural customers

The U.S. biodiesel industry appears headed toward another banner year, driven in large part by a $1-per-gallon production tax credit extended by Congress through the end of 2013.

The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that a ninth administrative review and an eleventh new shipper review of the antidumping duty on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam have found that the product has been sold below normal value.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) announced today that it has acquired Dairy Maid Dairy, a Frederick, Md., company that is a family-owned processor of milk, juice and fruit drinks.

Michael Torrey Associates today announced that the government relations and association management firm welcomed Tara Smith as Vice President on August 12.

EPA's recent registration of Zeachem's demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore. – a move that authorizes the generation of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) from the cellulosic biofuel produced at the facility renews a spotlight on a principal feedstock to be used at the facility – hybri

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for September 2013. The CCC borrowing rate-based charge for September 2013 is 0.125 percent, unchanged from 0.125 percent in August 2013

USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) concluded an audit to verify that China’s food safety system governing poultry processing is equivalent to that of the United States.

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Administrator Edward Knipling retires today from the USDA agency after nine years at its head

As a result of softer sales and traffic levels and restaurant operators’ dampened outlook for the economy, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) declined for the second consecutive month in July, the group announced today.