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President Trump’s pick to lead USDA says she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, similar to a strategy in Trump’s first term.

USDA announced the appointment of 25 industry representatives to serve on the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC). The reappointed and newly appointed members will serve two-year terms beginning immediately and ending in January 2027.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced the appointment or reappointment of 53 members to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees.

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s updates to the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) initiative, which include an additional $650 million investment.

IFPA is proud to announce the appointment of its members -- Amanda Felder, organic integrity and environmental compliance manager at Taylor Farm , and Andrea Hatziyannis, category strategy manager at Sprouts Farmers Market -- to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). 

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the regulations governing the inspection and certification of fresh fruits, vegetables and other products to more equitably and accurately assess fees based on actual volume inspected.

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) has been awarded $1.5 million from the second round of the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture’s (USDA) Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP).

The eradication success was the result of a multiyear effort to find and eradicate the hornets, which began in 2019.

This latest investment brings total Regional Agricultural Promotion Program funding to $600 million in 2024.

USDA has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).