Articles by Daniel Enoch

The USDA’s Office of Inspector General has filed its annual report on management challenges the department is facing, and topping the list of 11 challenges is how to coordinate the efforts of the various agencies and programs that provide oversight of key mission areas.

State officials might improve their record in detecting fraud in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if financial incentives were provided that would help support the costs of investigation, according to the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Cereal giant Kellogg is joining General Mills in promising industry-leading steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its agricultural supply chains.

The U.S. corn crop will reach a record 14.032 billion bushels, up from 13.86 billion forecast a month ago and the previous record of 13.925 billion in 2013, USDA said today in a monthly report. Yields were projected at 167.4 bushels per acre, the highest ever, compared with 158.8 bushels last year.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., or Farmer Mac, reported core earnings of $23.2 million, or $2.05 per diluted common share, for the second quarter, compared to $16.5 million, or $1.48 per diluted common share a year earlier. Core earnings are considered a non-GAAP measure.

Russia’s ban on U.S. poultry imports will not have a major impact on the U.S. industry, according to the National Chicken Council and USA Poultry and Egg Export Council.

Cargill Inc. said net earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter fell 12 percent from a year earlier, to $424 million. The company cited weaker economic conditions in some countries and the negative impact of a change in Venezuela’s effective currency exchange rates.

Sen. John Walsh of Montana has pulled out of the general election, weeks after allegations surfaced that the Democrat had plagiarized a research paper while at the U.S. Army War College.

A bipartisan group of 63 U.S. representatives have written to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker voicing their opposition to negotiating a suspension agreement with Mexico in the antidumping and countervailing duty cases on Mexican sugar imports filed by U.S. su

Russia intends to ban all U.S. agricultural products, which last year totaled about $1.2 billion, as well as fruits and nuts from the European Union, in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukrainian crisis, the country’s agricultural watchdog said.