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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 ...

December 22, 2020 IARN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report, The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture, prepared in close partnership with the Department of Transportation (DOT). The report was researched and written by DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center through a cooperative agreement overseen by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and its Transportation Services Division. Agricultural producers are the single largest user of freigh...

Fair Competition Livestock Rule ensures producers can continue to use marketing arrangements after 12 years of proposed rules. In an effort to ensure fair trade and competitive marketing of livestock and poultry, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued a final rule required under the 2008 Farm Bill. The rule has been tossed back and forth between the past two administrations and producer groups still remain mixed on the final product. The rule clarifies the types of conduct prohibi...

Fair Competition Livestock Rule ensures producers can continue to use marketing arrangements after 12 years of proposed rules. In an effort to ensure fair trade and competitive marketing of livestock and poultry, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service issued a final rule required under the 2008 Farm Bill. The rule has been tossed back and forth between the past two administrations and producer groups still remain mixed on the final product. The rule clarifies the types of conduct prohibi...