Agri-Pulse staff

National Corn Growers Association President Garry Niemeyer said today that the drought covering nearly two-thirds of the country “has led to numerous inaccuracies and exaggerations, especially when it comes to the impact on food supply and retail food prices.”

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) warned that sequestration could have devastating effects on the nondefense discretionary (NDD) community

House Republican freshmen wrote to President Obama expressing their commitment to work with him to grant Russia permanent normal trade relations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew its proposed Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Reporting Rule late last week. The proposed rule would have required large livestock and poultry farmers to report information about their operations.

A united group of 46 agricultural and commodity groups sent a letter to House leadership today urging Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to bring the House Agriculture Committee's farm bill to the floor for a vote.

The Obama Administration today released a report outlining federal investments in Everglades restoration and announced $80 million in additional funding to support farmers and ranchers who voluntarily conserve wetlands on agricultural land in the Northern Everglades Watershed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved grain sorghum as an advanced biofuel under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement criticized the House Agriculture Committee’s farm bill, which passed early Thursday morning with a 35 to 11 vote, for its $16 billion in spending reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Senate-passed farm bill con

The Forest Service (FS) needs to review grant recipients’ documentation to ensure the use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are supported and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the grant agreement, according to a USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report released last

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several changes to USDA disaster programs in response to the drought enveloping large parts of the country as the House Agriculture Committee marked up its farm bill today.