Agri-Pulse staff

When it comes to tackling air quality concerns, a Mid-Atlantic coalition is making great progress. At least thatàs the assessment offered by Diesel Technology Forum Executive Director Allen Schaeffer during a recent speech.

Friday is Earth Day and USDA is using the occasion to spotlight scores of projects designed to improve water quality in 33 states across the country.

The National Cotton Council is vowing to fight Turkey�s decision to impose anti-dumping penalties on U.S. cotton imports.

Continuing efforts to develop renewable and cost-competitive biofuels and bio-based products, a $4-million study funded by DOE s Bioenergy Technologies Office will allow the University of Tennessee Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC) and its partners to explore in gr

Duke Energy will buy swine and poultry waste output from a facility planned for eastern North Carolina and use the captured methane gas to generate renewable electricity at four power stations. Carbon Cycle Energy will build and own the facility, but the exact location has not yet been ann

The FDA today issued a rule finalizing three previously-issued interim final rules designed to reduce the potential risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, in human food.

The Obama administration is moving ahead with plans to reduce methane emissions by 40 to 45 percent. The good news for agriculture is that the administrationðs latest plan would only target emissions from the oil and gas industry, not farming. (

The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Cattlemen€s Beef Association have asked a federal court to stop federal land use management plans that would prohibit grazing on millions of acres of federal lands to provide habitat for the greater sage grouse.

EPA is proposing a plan to stop poisonings caused by accidental ingestion of the herbicide paraquat, which can also cause severe injuries or death from skin or eye exposure.