Agri-Pulse staff

Approximately $3,000,000 in funds were made available today for the Risk Management Education Partnerships Program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing new requirements for labeling beef products that are mechanically tenderized.

More than 100 agricultural organizations sent letters to each senator urging them to vote for cloture on the farm bill Thursday in order to "finish the farm bill in the next few days."

House legislators introduced a bill similar to an agreement between agricultural and conservation groups included in Senate Agriculture Committee’s mark of the farm bill.

The House Appropriations Committee’s agriculture subcommittee today approved its fiscal 2014 spending bill for USDA and related agencies

National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson late Tuesday sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate following Majority Leader Reid’s filing for a cloture vote on S. 954, the Agriculture, Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013. Johnson says his organization is hoping for a speedy passage.

This year will likely be very difficult year for agribusiness logistics in Brazil, according to a report from Rabobank.

The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments (ADUFA), H.R. 1407, passed the House of Representatives last night with an overwhelming vote of 390-12.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed repealed the state Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) when he signed bill HB4001 on Friday.