The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board to succeed five members with terms expiring in December 2026. Nominees are needed to succeed five members representing two at large members, one representing Kansas, one new representing from South Dakota (due to recent reapportionment), and one representing Texas. The deadline for nominations is June 1, 2026.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominees for the American Pecan Promotion Board. Nominees are needed to fill six seats with terms beginning Oct. 1, 2026, and ending Sept. 30, 2029. 

USDA seeks nominees for the following seats:
- Four Western producer seats
- Two importer seats

The Western Region consists of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, plus any states in the U.S. whose land mass is in the Mountain or Pacific Time zones, plus any U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the United Soybean Board for 22 members and three alternates with terms that expire in December 2026. The nominees will represent the following states and regions.

Member Seats:
- Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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: