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Organic methods evaluated for organic vegetable yield
Organic vegetables are popular. However, growing them is notoriously high-maintenance for farmers. Researchers are trying to identify the best ways to... more »
Organic ag tour set at Carrington Research Center
Organic crop production management, organic variety trials and organic vegetable research are the focus of a tour being held during the North Dakota S... more »
Fifth annual Organic Twilight Tour set for July 14
Organic and sustainable agriculture experts from the University of Georgia will host their fifth annual Organic Twilight Tour on Thursday, July 14 fr... more »
Gantec’s Virtue 4 receives organic certification
Midland, Michigan-based Gantec’s new product – Virtue 43 natural plant adjuvant has been certified by the Organic Materials Research Institute (OM... more »
Organic growth drives evolution of fourth-generation farm
Arnott Duncan is a fourth-generation Arizona vegetable grower who left his family’s farm in 1985 and began growing a few hundred acres of convention... more »
US organic sales hit $43.3 billion in 2015
The U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, according to a survey... more »
Secretary Vilsack releases statement on organic sector report
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has released a statement on the Organic Trade Association's report that the organic sector posted its largest-e... more »
Enforcement protects organic integrity
The mission of the National Organic Program (NOP) – part of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service – is to protect the integrity of the USDA org... more »
Protecting organic integrity through enforcement
The mission of the National Organic Program (NOP) – part of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service – is to protect the integrity of the USDA org... more »
Organic industry continues double-digit growth
Earlier this month, my agency – the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) – released data showing that there are now more than 21,000 certified org... more »
NSAC applauds USDA insurance expansion for organic agriculture transition
Interest in organic products has boomed over the last several years, between 2004 and 2016 sales of organic food more than tripled (from $11.1 billion... more »
USDA expands insurance options for transition to certified organic
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the expansion of a crop insurance option to allow producers to purchase insurance coverage that better re... more »
