The USDA is expanding organic market news coverage for farmers markets in Pennsylvania, Iowa, New York and California, as well as organic specialty crops and dairy products.
In 2024, AMS Market News, through partnerships with state departments of agriculture and universities, expanded the collection and distribution of price and production cost information for organic agricultural products with organic milk, cattle, fertilizer and farmers markets recently added and expanded coverage of organic grain and feedstuffs to be added in the coming year, the USDA said.
This new information for organics is being made available in accordance with the 2018 farm bill (Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018) that re-authorized $5 million to USDA for the collection and reporting of data on the production and marketing of organic agricultural products, according to the USDA.
As required by the farm bill, USDA collects and distributes reporting on prices of organic agricultural products; develops and implements surveys on organic production, handling and distribution; and conducts analysis on the data for publication in reports.
More information is available by contacting Michael Sheats, director of the Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division, at 202-690-3145 or Michael.Sheats@usda.gov.
