May 7, 2020
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on an economic analysis report related to a final rule on organic livestock and poultry practices. The Obama-era rule was subsequently withdrawn by the Trump administration, and …
March 7, 2019
The Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) suit against the USDA’s withdrawal of its rule on organic livestock and poultry practices can proceed to trial, a district court judge wrote in a February 27 ruling. U.S. District …
August 16, 2018
USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet October 24-25 in St. Paul, Minnesota, with listening sessions on October 16 and 18 at which the public can comment to the board. The NOSB advises USDA’s …
January 25, 2018
UEP has filed comments with USDA supporting the agency’s intention to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017, by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service …
December 17, 2017
The announced withdrawal by the USDA of the proposed Organic Rule is welcome news for United Egg Producers (UEP) and its farmer-members. USDA’s own analysis of the proposed rule estimates 45% of current organic egg …
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