USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has extended the data collection period for the 2016 Certified Organic Survey until April 8. If you’re a certified organic farmer or rancher and have not yet received your questionnaire in the mail, visit the NASS website for more information.
Agri-Pulse, the nation’s leading source of farm and food policy information, held a standing-room-only Farm Bill educational summit at the National Press Club in D.C. on Monday. More than 400 D.C. food and agricultural influencers and stakeholders came to hear key congressional staffers and policymakers who will be directly involved in the creation of the […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this past Friday finally released theproposals and discussion documents for the spring 2017 National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting April 19-21 in Denver, CO. The deadline to submit comments and sign up for oral comments either for the April 13 webinar or at the April 19-20 meeting continues to be Thursday, March […]
The spring NOSB meeting will begin the 2019 Sunset Review of several fertilizers, pest control products, livestock treatments and non-organic ingredients currently allowed for use by certified organic operations. It is critical that NOSB hear from certified farmers and handlers prior to the spring meeting on whether these inputs are essential and/or necessary for organic production, or whether there are other […]
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) last week announced the renewal of 187 substances on the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances to conclude the 2017 Sunset Review. These substances are allowed in organic crop and livestock production and organic handling/processing and must be reviewed every five years by the National Organic Standards Board […]
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