Articles by Agri-Pulse staff

CHESTERFIELD, MO., August 4 – John Deere and the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) announced the company’s membership to USFRA’s Premier Partner Advisory Group (PPAG).

STOWE, Vt., Aug. 3—Agriculture stands at the forefront of America’s economic recovery, Michael Scuse, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Under Secretary of Food and Foreign Agricultural Services, said this morning at the 28th International Sweetener Symposium.

STOWE, Vt., Aug. 2-Sugar policy should be in a good position in the next farm bill because of its no-cost status, said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) via videoconference today at the 28th International Sweetener Symposium.

The U.S. Senate voted 74-26 in favor of the debt ceiling compromise worked out between Congressional leaders and the White House.

the House approved the debt ceiling hike-deficit reduction bill on a 269 to 161 vote.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for August 2011.

Congressman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) told the 28th International Sweetener Symposium today via videoconference that agriculture should not be a scapegoat during the ongoing debt ceiling discussions.

A fact sheet produced by the Democratic Policy and Communications Center (DPCC) provides additional details about how lawmakers would work to reduce the federal deficit and raise the debt ceiling under a compromise reached over the weekend.

The necessity of the “food safety net” for the nation’s producers was emphasized by members of the House Committee on Agriculture during today’s hearing

Victor Vasquez will retire as USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, effective July 29, and Doug O’Brien will take his place, effective Aug. 1, a USDA spokesperson announced.