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Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., a longtime supporter of USDA’s controversial catfish program, announced today that the Agriculture Department has forwarded to the White House Office of Management and Budget a final rule to establish a USDA catfish inspection program

It was about as passive-aggressive as an official press release from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office can get. “We have spent the past several weeks working to narrow gaps with Japan. The round we just completed was focused but difficult,” Michael Froman, the USTR, said after a meeting with h

 Genetic engineering could be a threat to human and environmental health,  Greenpeace International writes in large, green letters on its website. The charge from one of the world s most controversial but visible environmental groups is not new   but it may be why s

Milk prices, profits set records but production holds steady

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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) last week heard dueling testimony from U.S. sugar producers and their Mexican counterparts as well as U.S. sugar-using companies on whether Mexico is exporting sweetener into the U.S. at prices below the cost of production – a practice known as dumping.

The USDA rule that requires meat labels to show where animals were born, raised and slaughtered should be overturned because it fails to meet a compelling government interest, the American Meat Institute (AMI) told a federal appeals court in a brief filed Monday.

Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce the appointment of Breanne Brammer as a summer intern through the American Agricultural Editor’s Association.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the School Nutrition Association (SNA) both struck conciliatory notes Wednesday and told reporters they would be willing to accept compromises beyond the school lunch guideline changes proposed by House Republicans.

Monsanto officials have been quietly alerting some farmers, dealers, employees and industry leaders in recent weeks that a computer server at their Precision Planting center in Tremont, Illinois was remotely hacked, industry sources told Agri-Pulse.