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As the average age of U.S. producers continues increasing, the agency is accelerating efforts to provide meaningful support to a large number of upcoming farmers and ranchers.
Some 150 water managers gather in Sacramento to collaborate on some of the state’s most challenging water issues, and USDA is starting a new effort to support Specialty Crop producers and increase competitiveness.
USDA's Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced the agency is investing $27.9 million across 45 organiz...
USDA is investing $70.2 million in the Specialty Crop Research Initiative to support nearly two dozen research and Extension projects. USDA
The Agriculture Department has a lot of services, funding and tools for specialty crop farmers – including a new $100 million program to help producers sell their crops overseas - and the USDA wants to make sure that those farmers take advantage of them, Deputy USDA Secretary Xochitl Torres Small told reporters Thursday.