Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 21, 2011 -- Stating that government agricultural support programs traditionally were intended to provide a safety-net to help farmers deal with “large systemic risk issues” rather than “smaller fluctuations in income” that can result from “average weather and market events

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 – America’s small wind turbine industry saw substantial growth in 2010, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported yesterday, highlighted by a 26 percent expansion in the market for small wind systems with 25.6 megawatts (MW) of capacity added, as well as a robust incr

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — The Institute of Medicine issued a report that said federal agencies should develop a new nutrition rating system with symbols to display on the front of food and beverage packaging. The symbols would graphically convey calorie counts by serving size and a "point" value showin

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20- A coalition of 1,200 organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals sent a request yesterday to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to maintain agricultural research funding levels during their deficit reduction decisions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, today testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding flooding conditions in Kansas along the Missouri River.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19— Proposed recommendations of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) are open for public comment at www.ams.usda.gov/nosbsavannah in advance of its fall meeting in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29 through Dec. 2.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18- Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan is joining the Animal Agriculture Alliance to announce the launch of www.realfarmersrealfood.com, which is part of a campaign to celebrate the work of the nation’s farmers and ranchers.

the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hopes to call attention to the challenges and potential solutions by observing World Food Day

DES MOINES, Oct.14- Syngenta CEO, Mike Mack, joined the 2011 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa to discuss the critical questions around agriculture, hunger and a growing global population in his speech, ‘Living on the Edge: The New Norm?’

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14–USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding 29 grants across 19 states, totaling $46 million, through its Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).