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USDA has issued its final rule for the domestic production of hemp in the waning days of the Trump administration. USDA has issued its final rule for the domestic production of hemp in the waning days of the Trump administration. The 301-page document is scheduled to be published Jan. 19 in the Federal Register. USDA issued the final rule after receiving around 5,900 comments regarding an interim final rule (IFR) published in 2019. The final rule will become effective, superseding the IFR...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently launched a weekly data report on current market trends for key imported crops from Mexico and Canada.

WDG Bioinsecticide Approved for Use on Hemp in the U.S. Global Adoption of Biologicals Accelerates as Marrone Bio’s Grandevo WDG Receives Approval in New Zealand, Chile and on Hemp in U.S. DAVIS, California, January 14, 2020 - PRESS RELEASE – Marrone Bio Innovations (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), a global provider of bio-based crop protection and plant health products, today announced that it recently received approval for Grandevo WDG Bioinsecticide for use in New Zealand and Chile. Grandevo WDG a...

USDA sends funds to Pennsylvania to thwart further spread of spotted lanternfly.

Flexibility in Food Distribution

Animal bio-tech USDA could soon oversee parts of federal animal biotechnology regulations as part of a recently announced advance notice of proposed rule making. Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach says the proposed transfer of regulatory oversight from the Food and Drug Administration would cover agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. “What were seeing through this process is for those adjustments that are made to animals, pr...

USDA establishes weekly report to highlight seasonal and perishable product trends January 11 , 2021 According to the USDA, it will be prepared in close partnership with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce). The weekly report is based on data provided by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and its Specialty Crops Market News Division. “With the impact of COVID-19 on the produce industry, it is critical that we keep an ...

Drbouz / iStock / Getty Images Plus Money will go to projects such as exotic fruit fly detection and pests of biosecurity concern. USDA | Jan 08, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $5 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is providing more than $70 million in...

Examining the unusual increase in seed coat fragments in cotton produced in the Southeast. The 2020 cotton season didnt end well for some Southeast cotton. The USDA Classing Office in Macon, Ga., has classed 2.2 million samples. Approximately 895,000 contained seed coat fragments, which can discount the value of that cotton. A portion of samples taken at the office also contained whole cotton seed. On Jan. 5, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue directed the USDA Agricultural Marketing Ser...

BY USDA APHIS | January 7, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating more than $70 million to support 383 projects under the Plant Protection Act’s Section 7721 program to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, threat mitigation, to safeguard the nursery production system and to respond to plant pest emergencies.  ...