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Industry groups welcome USDA Farm Labor Survey ending

Ag industry groups are celebrating USDA’s decision to end its Farm Labor Survey (FLS), saying the move will provide much-needed relief to farmers an... more »

USDA reorganization aims to support farm horticulture growers

title: USDA reorganization aims to support farm horticulture growers U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced a major reo... more »

USDA ending Regional Food Business Centers program

The USDA is ending a program that supported the development of small farms, local food businesses and regional food supply chains in the wake of the C... more »

USDA takes ‘bold action’ to ban Chinese farmland ownership, elevate farm security

The USDA launched its National Farm Security Action Plan on July 8 during a cabinet-level event aimed at barring China and other “foreign adversarie... more »

USDA launches new tool to support specialty crop exports

A new resource from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) aims to help American fruit, vegetable and nut exporters navigate global pesticide... more »

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Labor logistics present a complicated puzzle

As amped-up enforcement of existing immigration policy and the creation of new regulations stoke uncertainty in the agricultural community, those clos... more »