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Organic certification cost assistance offered by USDA
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that organic producers and handlers can apply for federal funds to assist with the cost of receiving and ... READ MORE »
Marrone Bio, Vive to combine technologies for new bio crop protection products
Marrone Bio Innovations, an international leader in sustainable bioprotection and plant health solutions, and Vive Crop Protection, a leader in Precis... READ MORE »
USDA to propose strengthening organic regulations
The Organic Trade Association welcomes USDA’s efforts to boost the integrity of the global organic market through its Strengthening Organic Enforcem... READ MORE »
Certis USA elevates O’Shea to CEO
Amy O’Shea, president of Certis USA, has been named CEO while successfully completing the biopesticide leader’s management progression that was i... READ MORE »
Potato sales robust in the retail sector during spring
Retail potato sales in the U.S. were up more than 30%, year-over-year, during the period of April 1 to May 17. That followed a first quarter that s... READ MORE »
Soil health seems simple, but practices are complicated
Soil health sounds simple, but it’s based on soil organic matter and the processes affecting soil organic matter are complicated with many interrela... READ MORE »
Organic potatoes continue to gain market share, although still behind other produce
Organic produce accounted for 15% of all produce sales in the U.S. in 2018. While the market share for organic potatoes is much lower than that, stati... READ MORE »
USDA posts organic transition funding opportunity
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has posted a funding opportunity through its organic transitions program. “It is expec... READ MORE »
Spudman parent company launches Organic Grower publication
Great American Media Services, the award-winning publisher of leading B2B agriculture magazines Fruit Growers News, Vegetable Growers News, Spudman, P... READ MORE »
Kemin’s mite-control products now have insecticide labeling
Kemin Crop Technologies, a business venture of Kemin Industries, has announced that its FIFRA 25(b)-exempt botanical-oil-based contact miticides, Tetr... READ MORE »
