Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are urging House-Senate negotiations on the payroll tax cut in the midst of the Congressional standoff.

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Dec. 16 – After almost two decades of negotiations, the Russian Federation was welcomed into the World Trade Organization (WTO) today, in a move that is expected

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16– USDA announced that the number of winter farmers markets is increasing. According to the updated National Farmers Market Directory, since 2010, the number of winter markets has increased 38 percent, from 886 to 1,225. These winter markets also account for nearly 17 percent of t

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 – Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not leaking from a nearby carbon storage site on the Canadian farm owned by Cameron and Jane Kerr, IPAC-CO2 Research Inc. concluded in a report released this week.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The U.S. Department of Agriculture introduced a free online tool to help U.S. producers of all sizes create food safety plans.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Enzi (R-WY) today called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to appeal the World Trade Organization (WTO) decision on country of origin labeling (COOL). A bipartisan group of 19 Senators led by Jo

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Bart Chilton released a statement yesterday indicating that although the MF Global investigation is progressing, the ultimate location of missing customer funds is still a mystery.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a consent order of permanent injunction. The CFTC charged that the defendants defrauded grain elevators and cooperatives in Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and South Dakota

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced loans and grants for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. The funding is provided through USDA Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

meeting the world’s future food needs is a “complex undertaking,” Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind. said during a speech at the New America Foundation. Other countries, particularly Africa, must do much more to grow their own food, Lugar pointed out.