Agri-Pulse staff

USDA°s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced funding awards totaling nearly $19 million to 36 universities that are conducting projects related to safety in the food supply.

A panel meeting to compile recommendations for the next set of Dietary Guidelines for Americans continues to consider sustainability an important component, much to the chagrin of some major agricultural organizations.

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study is normally a sleepy affair that attracts the narrowest of scientific interests, but a two-day meeting of a committee charged with studying biotech crops exploded into controversy that may cast a shadow on the academys neutrality.

The health-insurance reprieve for many farmers who employee others is about to end.

State ballot initiatives to mandate labeling food products made with genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) will re-appear this fall in Colorado and Oregon.

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey found concentrations of pesticides in U.S. rivers and streams are less abundant in agricultural and mixed-land-use than in urban waters.

An effort by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and members of the California Legislature to change the way milk is priced in the state failed last month because it did not have the support of large national and state dairy cooperatives that handle milk in California&

To gain a majority in the U.S. Senate, Republicans need to net six seats in November and at least three - in South Dakota, Montana, and West Virginia - are looking like pretty sure bets, according to recent polling data.

USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) plan to expand an ecosystem-wide model to aid the Southwestern willow flycatcher and help Western landowners. The model will enhance or restore habitat for at-risk, thr

Defying a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit the EPA from implementing a proposed rule aimed at clarifying which waters of the U.S. are under its jurisdiction as part of the Clean Water Act (CWA&