Articles by Sarah Gonzalez

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20- The Rural Energy for America Program will add 50 more blender pumps before the end of the fiscal year, said Agriculture Secretary Vilsack at an ethanol industry group conference today. These will be in addition to the 194 pumps announced last week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16--With football season in full swing, the United Soybean Board has a timely opportunity to remind sports’ fans about the increasing uses for soybeans in bio-based industrial products. Kansas State University is one of the latest customers for AstroTurf® GameDay Grass™, a soy-ba

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 – The Department of Agriculture announced today more than $27 million in loans and grants for more than 500 rural businesses and agricultural producers to incorporate renewable energy processes in their operations.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14--Livestock and poultry producers gathered in front of the House Agricultural Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry today to contest policies they say are driving feed costs to record highs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8- The House Agriculture Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Subcommittee held a dairy policy hearing today in an effort to review current USDA dairy programs. While many legislators agree the volatile dairy market is in need of a stronger safety net, Congress has yet to find an approach

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7- In an effort to avoid insolvency, the Unites States Postal Service will attempt to make major reforms, including reducing the number of postal-operated retail facilities from 32,000 to fewer than 20,000 by 2015.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved additional rules under the Dodd-Frank Act during its nineteenth open rules meeting today. Today’s two proposed rules to Title VII set a timeline for the market to comply with new swaps regulations.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7- The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill today, at a decrease of $138 million below the Fiscal Year 2011. Conservation programs faced the largest cuts, while priorities went to programs directly related to public health and nu

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31- Hurricane Irene’s high winds and excessive rain caused power outages, flooding, and agricultural damage across much of the East Coast. Many reports indicate that tobacco growers are suffering total losses in North Carolina and Virginia, and overall losses are predicted to cost

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30- The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) released the Farm Income and Costs report today, which indicates that 2011 net farm income will increase more than 30 percent from 2010 while government payments will be decreased 17 percent.