Articles by Rebekah Alvey

Hurricane Helene had an estimated $6.46 billion impact on Georgia’s agriculture industry, according to preliminary reports announced by Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper. 

Several farm groups, led by the International Fresh Produce Association, filed a lawsuit Tuesday evening against the Department of Labor’s H-2A rule finalized in April.

Category Five Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area late Wednesday or early Thursday. It will be the fourth hurricane to strike the Florida farming community in 14 months.

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel industry is still waiting for clear signals that the market is stable through the form of long-term policies and incentives. 

USDA is investing $1.7 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to purchase locally produced foods for emergency food assistance and school meals. 

Stakeholders from the food supply chain and consumer groups highlighted the need for data uniformity across different input systems and other remaining challenges for complying with the FDA’s upcoming traceability rule. 

USDA announced several actions today to promote fair and competitive markets, including new rulemaking steps under the Packers and Stockyards Act and increased access to seed germplasm.

USDA has directed crop insurance companies to expedite loss adjustments necessary to make payments to producers impacted by Hurricane Helene, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday.

East Coast dockworkers agreed to end their two-day strike after coming to a “tentative agreement on wages” with the United States Maritime Alliance, the International Longshoremen’s Association and USMX said in a joint statement Thursday.