More Than $80 Million To Help Strengthen U.S. Specialty Crops

Up to $400 million in funding will support irrigation districts and producers in using innovative water savings technologies and farming practices.

USDA is expanding coverage options and making additional policy updates starting for 2025 crop year.

$1.5 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to help growers save money, enhance natural resources, take on climate change, and more.

USApple President Jim Bair says, “We need a stable, adequate, and predictable workforce for apple growers.” 

Though this virus found in Pacific Northwest berries is not a huge concern, blueberry shock virus still bears monitoring.

Proposed systems approach would end current requirement that all table grapes from Chile be fumigated before distribution in the U.S.

Specialty Crops Resource Directory aims to be a one-stop shop for the sector.

$5 million in funding from USDA to help fuel latest efforts to thwart devastating citrus disease and its vector.

Improvements are part of a comprehensive effort to improve risk management tools and other programs for wider variety of producers.

Learn more about a USDA grant received by Clemson University researchers to find unique ways for enhancing crop nutrient use efficiency and pest management.

Check out a few tips harvested from USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture and Education “Building Soils and Better Crops” manual.

Managing weeds without herbicides is a challenge. Learn how Burroughs Family Orchards in California is succeeding in its approach.

Managing weeds without herbicides can be daunting. See how one organic vegetable farm in Texas takes on the challenge.

USDA investment stretches across 45 organizations and institutions that teach and train the next generation of producers.

Find out more about how this plan will build new and better markets and streams of income for farmers and producers.

Up to $200 million in assistance for new program that’s part of a broader effort to transform food systems and create jobs.

Learn how this initiative will help give U.S. farmers more choices in the marketplace.

Government agency to buy $30 million in domestically grown fruit as part of its 2022 Food Purchase and Distribution Program.

Who is king of growing, harvesting, and supplying the nation’s specialty crops? Some of the figures might surprise you.