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USDA Launches $15 Million Program to Promote Organic Dairy Products in Schools and Youth Programs
Funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), the program will increase consumption of organic dairy products among children and...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 31, 20242 min read


Carbon Robotics Raises $70 Million in Series D Investment Round for LaserWeeders
Growers in North America, Europe, and Australia have eliminated more than 10 billion weeds across 100 crop types without the use of chem...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 28, 20242 min read


US Grain Exports Increased by 26% in 2023-2024 in All Forms - Valued at $48 Billion
The increase in exports were bolstered by a record 1,746,490,298 gallons of ethanol sold internationally and a single-market record 23.4...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 28, 20241 min read


Plenty Opens World's First Indoor Strawberry Farm in Virginia To Produce 4M Pounds of Berries/Year
The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed to produce more than 4 million pounds of strawberries annually in less than 40,000 square feet by...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20242 min read


Mexican Railway Blockade Ends After 2 Weeks, Leaving Backlog of Grain Exports
The Port of Veracruz is the largest entry point for grain imports by ocean to Mexico. According to the USDA/Foreign Agricultural...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20241 min read


USDA to Purchase $25 Million in Citrus from Domestic Producers for Nutrition Assistance Programs
“These purchases will benefit citrus producers by removing surplus commodities from the market and at the same time help provide nutrit...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20241 min read


USDA Makes $233M Indemnity Payments to Producers Impacted by Hurricane Helene
USDA is announcing the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) endorsement...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 17, 20242 min read


U.S. Meat Export Federation Announces New Records for August Pork Export Volumes
August pork exports totaled 238,989 metric tons (mt), up 6% from a year ago but the second lowest of 2024. Export value increased 8% to...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 16, 20242 min read


White House Organizes a Farmers Event While Producers Face Hurricanes and Fire Damage
This event makes clear what cattle producers have known for quite some time: when it comes to agriculture, this administration has priori...

by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 16, 20242 min read
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