Agri-Pulse staff

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.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the renewal of USDA’s Agricultural Air Quality Task Force and the selection of its members for the 2013-2015 term. The task force is composed of representatives from industry, agriculture, academia, government agencies, non-govern

Farm income, along with capital and household spending, in the seven-state Eighth Federal Reserve District increased modestly in the second quarter of 2013 as compared to the same period last year.

a bipartisan group of 74 Members of Congress is urging the Obama Administration to conclude an agreement that reduces obstacles to U.S. dairy product exports.