The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee to fill seats for six members and six alternates. Two seats will be appointed for one-year terms, and ten seats will be appointed for two-year terms, all beginning Aug. 1, 2026. Nominations for all positions must be submitted to the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee postmarked no later than April 24, 2026. 

The committee is seeking nominees for growers for the following areas:

GROWERS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for 10 grower members and 10 alternate members for the Citrus Administrative Committee. Nominations for all positions will take place at a virtual nomination meeting on April 16, 2026. The appointed members will serve a two-year term beginning Aug. 1, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Walla Walla sweet onion producers voted to continue their marketing order program.

In a referendum held Jan. 12-30, 2026, 100% of voting Walla Walla sweet onion producers favored continuance of the marketing order program, representing 100% of the production volume voted in the referendum. For the marketing order to continue, a majority of producers voting, or producers representing a majority of the volume, needed to vote in favor of continuance.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today launched the National Feeder and Stocker Cattle dashboard. This is the fourth launch of a new dashboard as part of ongoing efforts to make USDA’s Market News information more user-friendly. Farmers and ranchers now have instant access to dynamic, visualized data, with price movements, volume changes, and market comparisons all in an easy-to-read format.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a total of $100.9 million in grant funding available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) and Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP). 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the United States Standards for Grades of Lemons, at the industry’s request, to align with current marketing trends and provide the industry with uniformity when marketing seedless lemons.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 24 members to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board, effective immediately. Twenty producer members will serve three-year terms ending Feb. 28, 2029, and four producer members will serve two-year terms ending Feb. 28, 2028. 

Appointed Producer Members whose terms end Feb. 28, 2029:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of thirteen members to serve on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Twelve members will serve three-year terms effective immediately through Oct. 31, 2028. One member will serve the remainder of a vacant term, effective immediately and ending Oct. 31, 2026.

The newly appointed members are:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of six members to the Hass Avocado Board. Appointed are two producer members, one producer alternate, one importer member, and one importer alternate to fill three-year terms expiring on Oct. 31, 2028. Additionally, one producer alternate is appointed to fill a previously vacant seat whose term expires on Oct. 31, 2026.

Newly appointed members and alternates are:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of five members to serve on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program’s Board of Directors. Four appointees will serve three-year terms effective immediately and ending December 2028. One member will serve a one-year term effective immediately and ending December 2026.

Newly appointed members are: