Agri-pulse Daily Voice

A bipartisan group of 39 senators sent a letter to the EPA Thursday calling on the agency to increase biodiesel blending levels in upcoming volume obligations.

The leader of the nation’s rural electric co-ops says their infrastructure could be utilized in the deployment of rural broadband.

The Department of Transportation is considering a rulemaking process that could lead to changes in the Hours of Service regulations that govern time truckers can spend behind the wheel.

An ag lobbyist says farmers frustrated with the administration’s trade policies shouldn’t take it easy on President Trump simply because he’s a Republican.

A handful of groups are calling on the Department of Agriculture to implement stricter standards for meat products bearing “Product of USA” on their packaging.

Commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission were before the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, and they received a bipartisan rebuke for their current coverage mapping.

After what the group felt was a satisfactory development in Montana, R-CALF is seeking to expand their efforts to force producers to opt in to contributing to additional state beef checkoffs.

An exemption for livestock haulers from federal trucking regulations expires at the end of September, meaning lawmakers will need to act in the next month if the relief is to continue.

Tariffs against U.S. pork products are starting showing signs of long-term damage to the industry.

More tariffs on U.S. exports are set to go into effect next week, and American farmers and ranchers are growing increasingly concerned about how the trade war with China will impact their businesses.

A new food label called “The Bee Better Certification” is intended to help consumers identify which foods have been grown and produced in pollinator-friendly ways.

USDA has approved the sale of a landmark new insurance policy for dairy producers. Sign-up will begin on October 9th for the Dairy Revenue Protection policy, and coverage will be available for the first quarter of 2019.

On Monday, the Public Lands Council President David Elliason said the group is hoping western ranchers can run their sheep on vacant allotments to help relieve some of the upset from issues like wildfires and battles with environmental groups.

A compromise in the House of Representatives was set to lead to action on an ag immigration package in July, but that didn’t happen. Now, a key lawmaker in the conversation wants to keep the issue from fading away.

A string of nuisance lawsuits in North Carolina has ag leaders there sounding the alarm of what such litigation could mean for production agriculture.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association wants to set standards on regulation and terminology for an emerging food technology trend. 

The Senate has named its farm bill conferees, officially clearing the way for Congress to merge its two versions of the farm bill together.

A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows long term improvements but short term setbacks in the nation’s overall air quality.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says he took a message to last week’s G20 summit that the United States has issues with geographic indicators being used in a manner that inhibits international trade.

Last week brought news that the administration would allocate $12 billion dollars in assistance to farmers impacted by the current trade dispute, but the plan is thin on details at this point.