More than $243 million in grants available through two USDA programs, the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Specialty Crop Research Initiative grants program.
According to the Farm Credit Administration’s quarterly report on economic issues, record agricultural exports are contributing to favorable economic conditions for the U.S. farm sector
The National Potato Council is encouraging Mexico’s Supreme Court to affirm the draft ruling that would overturn Mexico’s ban on U.S. fresh potato imports.
Nearly half of the farmers or ranchers supplement agricultural income with off-farm jobs, responded to a California Farm Bureau survey said they’d lost off-farm income due to the pandemic.
USDA is pursuing an ambitious plan to deliver household-size boxes of food around the country to deal with the surplus of meat, milk and produce on the market.
The Center for Food Safety is suing the USDA to stop the National Organic Program from allowing hydroponically grown produce from being certified organic.
The House Republicans are working on a new farm bill after it was voted down. One of the areas that is being worked on is the legalization of Dreamers.
Congress is writing the next farm bill, that would address key barriers to entry for young producers, and access to farmland, training, and federal programs.
72 million acres of farmland are enrolled in USDA’s first green payment program. USDA cracking down on fraudulent use of organic labels. New rules for exports.