Agri-Pulse staff

With the Senate Agriculture Committee expected to begin drafting a Farm Bill next week, 29 dairy and farm organizations signed a letter sent yesterday to the Committee leaders urging inclusion of the Dairy Security Act in the upcoming legislation.

A group of 31 Congress members addressed their concerns about the “campaign of misinformation” regarding lean, finely textured beef (LFTB), known as pink slime, promulgated by “a few overzealous individuals of the media.”

In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) this morning, a group of eight prominent agricultural associations voiced its support for the Senate’s approach to the 2012 Farm Bill, and raised several issues related to commodity a

The House Committee on Agriculture released the witness list for the last 2012 Farm Bill field hearing on Friday. The Kansas field hearing, “Future of U.S. Farm Policy: Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill” takes place in Dodge City at 9 a.m. CDT.

Chairman Frank Lucas announced another series of hearings on the 2012 Farm Bill to begin next week in Washington, D.C

In its report on the federal crop insurance program released today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that in order to reduce crop insurance program costs, “Congress should consider limiting premium subsidies for individual farmers, reducing subsidies for all farmers, or both.”

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) today asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to account for how much taxpayer money the federal government spent to test LightSquared’s wireless network for interference with government telecommunications de

Vilsack today announced the addition of 13 biobased product categories which are eligible for Federal procurement preference.

The Governments of the United States and Brazil formalized a partnership to improve food security in Latin America and the Caribbean

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by USDA today reflects last month’s Prospective Plantings report as well as global