Agri-Pulse staff

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, in conjunction with Agri-Pulse Communications, is sponsoring a Rural Infrastructure Summit on Monday, August 29 at the Iowa State Center`s Scheman Building, in Ames, IA. The summit will be held from 2:00 pm ` 5:

Stockholders of Dow Chemical and DuPont have voted to approve a merger of the two companies.

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a new cross government partnership @ the Clean Energy Savings for All Initiative @ to increase access to solar energy and promote energy efficiency across the country, particularly in low- and moderate- income communities.

Monsanto Co. has rejected Bayer Ag@s latest takeover bid, saying its board views the $125 a share offer as @financially inadequate and insufficient to ensure deal certainty.@

A bipartisan group of five U.S. senators has formed the Senate Broadband Caucus to focus on strengthening broadband infrastructure and deployment across the country.

There doesn t appear to be any momentum on Capitol Hill on the issue, but that isn t stopping the nation s largest farm group from pointing to the need for reform of the H-2A immigration program.

The American Farm Bureau Federation and its Utah affiliate are asking a federal court in Utah to toss out a host of what they say are illegal land-use restrictions hampering ranchers in Western states.

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2016 - A bipartisan group of 39 senators is calling on the EPA to produce a strong Renewable Fuel Standard when it releases its final rule setting 2017 blending requirements for ethanol and other biofuels later this year.

A study by UK-based PG Economics finds that farmers around the world who use genetically modified (GM) seeds reaped economic benefits averaging more than $100 per hectare (about 2.5 acres) in 2014 while at the same time improving the environmental sustainability of thei

Significant coal retirements are expected to continue regardless of whether the Obama administrationPs Clean Power Plan (CPP) is finally implemented. However, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions trends from electricity generation through 2040 depend significantly on whether