Agri-Pulse staff

The House Agriculture Committee approved its oversight plan for the 113th Congress today.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 – The looming budget sequestration, automatic across-the-board spending cuts, would not force the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to reduce meat inspections, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said today.

After adjusting for inflation, 2013’s net farm income, forecast at $128.2 billion, is expected to be the highest since 1973, according to USDA’s 2013 Farm Income Forecast released Monday.

Russia’s prohibition of imports of all U.S. beef, pork, turkey and other meat products became active today, due to a zero tolerance requirement for the presence of ractopamine.

National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) Chief Executive Officer Dana Peterson voluntarily resigned “due to personal circumstances,” effective Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2013 – Climate change could potentially disrupt the Agriculture Department’s efforts to “meet the core obligations and responsibilities articulated by its missions and goals,” the department said in a report released Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2013 – The season-average farm prices for wheat and corn are reduced, but soybean prices are increased, in this month’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by USDA’s Economic Research Service.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2013 – The season-average farm prices for wheat and corn are reduced, but soybean prices are increased, in this month’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by USDA’s Economic Research Service.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2013 – The Postal Service’s decision to end Saturday deliveries will deal a blow to rural America, say a number of rural and agricultural leaders.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2013 - The Agriculture Department released two reports Tuesday that synthesize the scientific literature on climate change effects and adaptation strategies for U.S. agriculture and forests.