Economy Barometer

A coalition of ag groups seeks Senate consideration of shipping reforms. Specifically, they hope the Senate considers the House-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, or similar legislation.

The pandemic has effected sales at retail nurseries and garden centers. Sales of landscaping plants have slumped, but sales of vegetables, fruit trees have skyrocketed.

The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is starting work on two surveys this fall on vegetable’s and farm management resources. For both the Vegetable Chemical Use Survey and the Agricultural Resource Management Survey NASS will collect the data through in-person interviews...