The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) invites manufacturers of automated imaging instrumentation to partner in cooperative research and development resulting in technology to determine broken kernels, whole kernels, and milling yield, in percentage by mass, in short, medium and long-grain milled rice.

The goal is to develop a commercially available instrument useful for official inspection results at AMS field offices and official service provider locations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 150 producers and five importers to the 2022 National Pork Producers Delegate Body.

Members appointed to serve one-year terms are: 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of five individuals to serve on the National Honey Board.  The appointees will serve three-year terms from Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2024.

Members appointed or reappointed are:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is terminating the marketing order regulating the handling of potatoes grown in Washington state. The marketing order was established in 1949 but its handling regulations have been suspended since 2014 and are currently not active.

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Background

On May 30, 2020, the United States (U.S.) established an organic equivalence arrangement with Taiwan. Organic equivalence is when one country recognizes another’s organic program as being equivalent. The U.S.-Taiwan equivalence allows U.S. and Taiwan organic products certified to the USDA or Taiwan organic standards to be labeled and sold as organic in both countries, as long as the products meet the terms of the arrangement.