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USDA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will contract with Mortenson Construction to build a New World screwworm sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, Texas.

Alexa Fox joined Monument Advocacy as vice president on the food and agriculture team. Audra Weeks, who was deputy chief of staff for policy at the Agriculture Department, departed USDA. Barbara O’Brien, president and CEO of Dairy Management Inc., announced that she will retire this fall. Caroline Rydell is leaving the Farm Credit Bank of Texas to begin a role with Texas A&M AgriLife Office of Federal Relations. 

The Center for American Food Power, a nonpartisan strategic think tank, launched Tuesday to advance a comprehensive domestic agrifood strategy aligned with national security priorities. 

The House Ag Committee’s new farm bill heads to the floor with some significant Democratic support behind it. Seven committee Democrats voted for the measure. But the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Amy Klobuchar, says the legislation won’t attract Democratic votes in that chamber unless it addresses some SNAP cuts that Republicans forced through Congress last year.

Fertilizer distributors in some areas are not delivering product amid market uncertainty in the Middle East, several analysts and producers said Monday, and many warn that the current supply crunch could have lasting impacts on U.S. production and prices.

Almost 100 agricultural groups and companies from across the sector are urging the Trump administration to back a U.S. candidate to lead the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Navy could escort ships through the Persian Gulf has done little to stem the rise of fertilizer prices caused by the widening Middle East conflict.

Rob Trice, a champion for modern food, agriculture and technology systems, passed away while traveling overseas.

A long-awaited bill proposal aimed at expanding the U.S. ethanol market is expected to be finalized as soon as Friday, Rep. Randy Feenstra tells Agri-Pulse.

E. coli can linger in animal droppings, allowing it to be spread by weather and animal movement, according to Initial findings from a multi-year Food and Drug Administration study of a major California produce-growing region.