Robert Holly

Food and agriculture groups call on Trump to improve U.S.-Asia trade

Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill and more than 80 other food and agribusiness groups sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday emphasizing the importance of U.S. trade with Asia.

By Robert Holly

/ 9 Feb 2017

Senate ag committee member Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) backs Trump’s USDA pick, Sonny Perdue

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) has voiced her support for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue.

By Robert Holly

/ 7 Feb 2017

Former Ag Secretary Vilsack endorses Trump’s replacement pick

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Tuesday endorsed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead America’s ag department, Sonny Perdue.

By Robert Holly

/ 2 Feb 2017

Former Ag Secretary Vilsack endorses Trump’s replacement pick

USDA moving forward with tougher organic standards for livestock, poultry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it will move forward with a controversial set of rules reforming organic standards for livestock and poultry.

By Robert Holly

/ 18 Jan 2017

New USDA report touts corn-based ethanol’s benefits — despite recent doubts

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report released in mid-January has found that greenhouse gas emissions associated with producing corn-based ethanol are about 43 percent lower than gasoline.

By Robert Holly

/ 18 Jan 2017

Monsanto highlights ‘banner year’ for The Climate Corporation

Calling 2016 a “banner year” for Monsanto’s The Climate Corporation, company executives announced during a special conference call held last week that the digital ag platform had more than 100 million total farmland acres enrolled in its services.

By Robert Holly

/ 12 Jan 2017

Monsanto highlights ‘banner year’ for The Climate Corporation

When will domestic consumption of ethanol match up with federal targets?

The U.S. federal government sets yearly targets for renewable fuels, but there's a major gap in domestic consumption.

By Robert Holly

/ 9 Dec 2016

Monsanto doubles down on commitment to carbon neutrality

St. Louis-based seed company Monsanto announced last week that it had convened a new collaborative as part of its mission to become carbon neutral by 2021.

By Robert Holly

/ 7 Dec 2016

Renewable Fuel Standard unlikely to meet goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions

A top congressional watchdog has found that the Renewable Fuel Standard isn’t doing its job.

By Robert Holly

/ 30 Nov 2016

Federal report forecasts hundreds of billions of dollars in climate change costs

Without “ambitious action” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, long-term effects of climate change will likely cost the U.S. government and American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars per year, a federal report released earlier this month has found.

By Robert Holly

/ 29 Nov 2016

Federal report forecasts hundreds of billions of dollars in climate change costs

More than half-century after “Harvest of Shame,” migrant farmworkers in the U.S. still face deplorable conditions

The bed bug infestation at the Pine Creek migrant labor camp in Holland, Michigan, had become so bad by June that Tomas and Leonor Pizana turned their bedroom lights on before going to sleep.

By Robert Holly

/ 7 Nov 2016

More than half-century after “Harvest of Shame,” migrant farmworkers in the U.S. still face deplorable conditions

Weeding out competition: Farmers left paying steep prices as seed firms merge

Central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Norbert Brauer said he remembers when he could plant an acre of corn for about $100 total — but that was nearly three decades ago.

By Robert Holly

/ 27 Oct 2016

Food and agriculture groups call on Trump to improve U.S.-Asia trade

Senate ag committee member Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) backs Trump’s USDA pick, Sonny Perdue

Former Ag Secretary Vilsack endorses Trump’s replacement pick

USDA moving forward with tougher organic standards for livestock, poultry

New USDA report touts corn-based ethanol’s benefits — despite recent doubts

Monsanto highlights ‘banner year’ for The Climate Corporation

When will domestic consumption of ethanol match up with federal targets?

Monsanto doubles down on commitment to carbon neutrality

Renewable Fuel Standard unlikely to meet goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Federal report forecasts hundreds of billions of dollars in climate change costs

More than half-century after “Harvest of Shame,” migrant farmworkers in the U.S. still face deplorable conditions

Weeding out competition: Farmers left paying steep prices as seed firms merge

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