Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today announced the appointment of 148 private-sector members to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) and six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees (ATACs).

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2- Farmland values in the Midwest are 17 percent higher from last year for the second quarter of 2011, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The Seventh Federal Reserve District, which includes Iowa, parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan, also has stronge

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1- The 2012 forecast for agricultural exports remain at $137 billion, while imports to rise to $105 billion, according to the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report released yesterday. The trade balance for 2012 is a surplus of $32 billi

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29- U.S. exports of agricultural machinery continued to grow in 2011 and ended the first half of the year with a gain of 15 percent, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Midyear 2011 exports totaled $5.6 billion compared to January-June 2010. The off-road

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30- The U.S. Department of Education’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will host a Twitter Rural Forum at #EDRuralChat on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 3-3:30 p.m. ET. Beginning today, Twitter users can submit questions on rural education to the Deputy Assistant Sec

MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 24 – CropLife America president and CEO Jay Vroom spoke to attendees of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association’s (KARA) Annual Meeting in Manhattan, Kan., yesterday about regulatory concerns in U.S. agriculture and the important role of state-level outreach.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to vote next month on more rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, even though several agricultural interests are pushing back against what they view as unnecessary regulations. The rules under consideration would set a time

The Governors Wind Energy Coalition asks the White House to seek the extension of tax credits that boost wind energy development.

WASHINGTON, August 22, 2011—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the winning proposals for the 2011 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG). Through CIG, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is investing nearly $22.5 million in innovative conservation technologies and

ATKINSON, Ill., Aug. 17– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced grants for more than 900 agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the country to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in their operations. In all, USDA is distributing more than $11.6 mil