…through the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and Organic Transitions Program (ORG). Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy “America’s organic industry continues to grow and is an increasingly viable option for…
USDA Launches Cage-Free Egg Report
…of both organic and non-organic cage-free eggs. This new monthly report will be released on the first Monday of each month, and can be found on our website by clicking…
Court Strikes Down Tighter Anhydrous Restrictions
The Ag Retailers Associations says Friday’s court decision to strike down tighter anhydrous ammonia restrictions will save U.S. retailers an estimated $100 million in compliance costs. A U.S. appeals court…
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…and Arizona. Price checks of alternative milk and egg choices not included in the overall marketbasket survey average revealed the following: 1/2 gallon regular milk, $1.86; 1/2 gallon organic milk,…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…FY 2004. In spite of some remaining restrictions, which USDA continues to prioritize, U.S. beef exports have recovered to pre-2003 levels. In FY 2015, U.S. beef exports totaled $5.8 billion…
Western View: What to do with 44,000 Old Wild Horses
The Bureau of Land Management is under fire again, this time for something it hasn’t even done. An advisory group suggested that the Bureau euthanize or sell without restrictions the…
FSIS Updates Procedure Allowing Organic Meats Non-GMO Label
…term “organic” or display the USDA organic seal. Now, a certified organic meat or poultry processor can modify or add a label claim to a previously approved label under the…
Farmers Consider Impacts of River Plan
…of restrictions on deliveries to other water users that resulted in a redirection of approximately 1 million acre-feet of usable water this year alone. Farmer Gary Darpinian, who grows cling…
Organic Acreage Increase Misleading
USDA numbers show organic production acreage is up 20 percent, but the vast majority of the bump comes from four farms in Alaska. Politico reports 700,000 acres in Alaska account…
Egypt Ergot Restrictions Dampening Already Sour Wheat Trade
Global wheat prices are suffering from complicated quarantine rules by Egypt regarding the fungus ergot, effectively taking the world’s largest wheat importer out of the trade market. Facing decade -lows,…
U.S. Organic Feed Grain Production Dropped in 2015
A survey shows that 2015 brought a drop in U.S. production of one increasingly important organic product. Gary Crawford has the story. feed-grain-production…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
…Organic Survey, which show that 12,818 certified organic farms in the United States sold a total of $6.2 billion in organic products in 2015, up 13 percent from $5.5 billion…
Research Targets Olive Knot Strategies
…are approved for use in organic farming, Adaskaveg reports the registrant of Kasugamycin is willing to petition the National Organic Standards Board for obtaining organic status. He is hopeful it…
American Agricultural Trade with Cuba
…Much of the conversation centered on the Cuba Agricultural Exports Act (H.R. 3687) and the potential for removing financing restrictions that have limited agricultural exports to Cuba. Conaway “The history…