Agri-Pulse staff

The USDA’s Economic Research Service is forecasting U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2014 to drop to $135 billion, down $5 billion from the projected record $140 billion in FY 2013.

The EPA on Thursday reported132 million gallons of biodiesel production for the month of July and year-to-date volume of more than 768 million gallons.

Students in U.S. schools that were offered greater quantities of fruits and vegetables consumed more of those foods by most measures compared to other foods, according to an Economic Research Service report released Tuesday.

Five environmental and food safety groups filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its withdrawal of the “Proposed CAFO [Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations] Reporting Rule.”

– USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) will resume milk production quarterly producer surveys on Oct. 1, after the agency says it was forced to suspend the surveys in April due to sequestration

Chicken producer Sanderson Farms, Inc. today reported a nearly double net income for the first nine months of fiscal year 2013 compared to the same period a year ago.

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced a new Special Provision statement to clarify acreage eligible for prevented planting in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced Thursday that it intends to offer a new proposal related to the handling of tobacco regulations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as negotiations resume today in Brunei.

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announced their support of Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, for their request to the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to investigate possible anticompetitive practices by oil companies regarding the Renewable Fuel

Hormel Foods Corp. reported a slight increase today in third quarter earnings, up 2 percent to $113.6 million from last year’s $111.2 million.