Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12- The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service released this month’s Crop Production 2011 summary today. The following is information from today’s Crop Production report as well as the World Agricultural Outlook Board’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE):

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11- The National Petroleum Council, a federal advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy, released conclusions that North America’s gas and oil resources are more abundant than previously thought in its report, Prudent Development – Realizing the Potential of North America’s Abu

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) passed more Dodd-Frank final rules today, one which protects cleared swaps customer contracts and collateral. However, although the rule takes measures to add more protections for swaps customers, it does not address MF Global.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney became the first Republican non-incumbent to win both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary after his 39 percent win last night. Las night’s win in New Hampshire is considered a relatively easy contest for Romney, compared to

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced nearly $1.6 billion to states and territories across the nation to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6- The nation is losing its competitive edge in global innovation, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce report, "The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States," delivered today to Congress.

HONOLULU, Jan. 6 – Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, is launching America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education℠ to aid rural school districts by providing $10,000 and $25,000 grants in 1,245 counties across 39 states.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 – A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) documents how private sector companies are increasingly dominating the development of new innovations for food and agriculture in many parts of the globe. The United States leads the way with about one-third of the global

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to challenge the ruling that the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) violates the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.