Agri-Pulse staff

USDA and the Department of Defense (DOD) announced a partnership Monday that would add agriculture to the career training and counseling provided to the 200,000 service members leaving the military and returning to civilian life every year.

Karis Gutter, a former USDA deputy undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) will join DuPont as the company0s government affairs manager, the company announced today.

LEESBURG, IND. Sept. 4, 2015 0 A prominent Indiana farmer, Kip Tom, this week joined the crowded field of Republicans who want to succeed U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman in Congress.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says that backers of a bill to preempt state GMO labeling laws don0t have the votes to move the legislation in the Senate.

USDA has approved a potato genetically engineered by J.R. Simplot Co. to resist late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the mid-19th century and still threatens crops around the globe.

Brian Baenig, who recently stepped down as chief of staff to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, is joining the Biotechnology Industry Organization as executive vice president for BIOs Food and Agriculture Section.

Agri-Pulse is pleased to welcome Jodi Delapaz as our new editorial coordinator, based in Camdenton, Mo.

The owners of United Suppliers, Inc. and members of Land O'Lakes, Inc. overwhelmingly approved the merger of United Suppliers with Land O'Lakes' crop inputs business.

The Interior Department today released a National Seed Strategy to restore wildlife landscapes, especially for land damaged by rangeland fires, as well as invasive species, severe storms and drought.

Employees at a large chicken supplier are in danger of multiple and consistent hazards, including amputation, electrocution and hazardous falls, according to the Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration.