Agri-Pulse staff

Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, criticized the Senate for not considering the livestock disaster aid package passed by the House earlier today.

Congressmen Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Steve Womack, R-Ark., and Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., are heading a plea to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandate to account for an anticipated corn shortage.

A United States District Court in St. Louis, Missouri decided Wednesday that DuPont Pioneer owes Monsanto $1 billion for patent infringement

Farm groups released a statement to Congress today emphasizing their disappointment in House Republican leadership for deciding not to move forward with the House Agriculture Committee’s bill before adjourning for the August recess.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced two new pieces of disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers impacted by the nation's worsening drought.

USDA delivered its crop progress report this afternoon, with the expected poor conditions for corn and soybeans maintained from last week.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $19.3 million in payments for 125 advanced biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels from a wide variety of non-food sources, including waste products.

With House GOP leaders floating the possibility of a one-year extension of the current farm bill and a package of disaster legislation, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he has sent messages to House leadership, trying to convince them to move forward with a new five-year bill.

A new USDA food price forecast released today, the first since the severity of the drought was understood, shows little variation from its late June forecast in part because the extent of crop damage and livestock liquidation is still to be determined.