Agri-Pulse staff

Senator Mike Johanns, R-Neb., announced he will not seek re-election in 2014. A former Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush and Governor of Nebraska from 1999 to 2005, Johanns will retire after serving one term in the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2013 – Two Republican senators recently introduced legislation aiming to block Environmental Protection Agency waivers

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee ranking member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and two farm organizations today criticized

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., issued the following statement today on a new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which continues to include federal oversight of food safety as “high risk” to the economy and public health and safety

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2013 – A Senate Democratic proposal to avoid looming across-the-board federal cuts, known as sequestration, includes the elimination

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2013 – The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee today announced the roster for its five subcommittees,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 – The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) released Tuesday a legal analysis describing potential options for bringing U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules into World Trade Organization through changes to USDA regulatio

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 – Farmers’ fourth-quarter income and spending across the Midwest and Mid-South were higher than last year during the same time period, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reported today.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is extending for 60 days the comment period for the genetically engineered AquAdvantage Salmon.