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USDA app upgrade eases access to organic prices
The USDA has released an update of its Market News app that includes easier access to organic fruit and vegetable price data, and consumer retail mark... more »
Cover crops survey challenges assumptions on incentives
A new national cover crop survey report challenges assumptions on the role of incentive payments in cover crop adoption. Incentives play a key role... more »
Rural Voices weighs in on USDA funding bill delays
Rural Voices USA, an organization that promotes the interests of rural Americans, is expressing opposition to Republican efforts delaying passage of t... more »
Texas A&M Extension helps in transition to organic
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, through its organics program, will lead the Texas Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) to... more »
Texas organic farm highlights weeding
Shakera and Juan Raygoza went from a small vegetable consumer supported agriculture business model to running a wholesale radish farm in the suburbs o... more »
USDA adds resources to grow organic workforce
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) has published new resources in its Growing the Organic Workforce course in the USDA Organic Integrity Lear... more »
USDA working group fights spotted lanternflies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has introduced a strategic plan to battle spotted lanternflies, pest that harms many fruit, vegetable and nut crops... more »
USDA names Georgia, Southeast counties disaster areas after March freeze
The United States Department of Agriculture has declared 18 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. The disaster declaration follows Ma... more »
