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 …
November 9, 2017
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is delaying the effective date of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule to May 14, 2018. The notice is on display at the Federal Register for …
June 10, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should withdraw the controversial Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices regulation, which would ban longstanding organic egg production methods and force 45 percent of production capacity out of the organic …
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