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USDA: More farmers markets expanding to winter operation

The number of farmers markets operating in the winter increased 38 percent since 2010, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today. Read More...

OIG: AMS needs to strengthen COOL enforcement

The Agricultural Marketing Service, a division of the Agriculture Department, needs to improve its controls and processes to ensure retailers and suppliers fully comply with the regulations of the country-of-origin labeling program known as COOL, the USDA Office of the Inspector General said in a report issued Wednesday. Read More...

AMS administrator Pegg to leave post next month

Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Rayne Pegg will resign effective mid-July to return to California to pursue another opportunity and spend more time with family, the Agriculture Department Office of the White House Liaison announced Tuesday. Read More...

U.S. has more than 100 food hubs, Merrigan says

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Tuesday that more than 100 food hubs are in operation around the country, making it easier for small farmers to aggregate their production and find distribution. Read More...

Dairy checkoff fees to apply to imports

Dairy importers and producers in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico will have to pay the checkoff fees that are applied to producers in the 48 continental states under a rule that the Agriculture Department’s Agricultural Marketing Service published in the Federal Register today. The assessment on Alaskan, Hawaii and Puerto Rican producers goes into effect on April 1 and on imports on August 1. Read More...