Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - Goodbye, Al. After a 39-year stint in USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, Al Almanza retired from public service on July 31.

MONTANA, July 26, 2017 - With numerous fires breaking out across parts of Montana, Gov. Steve Bullock has declared a fire emergency for the state.

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - A group of seven Democratic senators introduced a bill Tuesday to ban use of chlorpyrifos on food products.

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - Campbell Soup Co. says it’s leaving the Grocery Manufacturers Association, asserting that the trade association no longer represents its views.

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established in the 2014 farm bill, has awarded $148,499 to Colorado State University scientists who will focus on bacterial leaf streak, ...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue’s leadership team at USDA is taking shape, mostly along the lines Agri-Pulse predicted in May.

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced on Tuesday an “atypical” case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in an 11-year old cow in Alabama.

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - EPA’s denial of a petition to ban chlorpyrifos will stand, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday, rejecting a challenge to the agency’s March decision that allowed the insecticide to continue to be used.

Perdue Farms, the fourth-largest U.S. poultry company, this week announced changes in its animal welfare practices that it says will make its facilities more humane and allow its chickens to live better lives.

LAKE ERIE, July 19, 2017 - Western Lake Erie will experience a significant harmful algal bloom this summer, potentially reaching levels last seen in 2013 and 2014,...