The funded projects are designed to enhance food safety, supporting research, developing new and improved seed varieties and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is awarding $86.6 million in grant funding to support the specialty crop ...

Louisiana will receive more than $461,000 in USDA funding for projects supporting honey, pecans, citrus, research, marketing ...

The USDA is investing $86.6 million in specialty crop projects nationwide, including grants for Michigan, Texas and Illinois.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $86.6 million through its Specialty Crop Block Grant Program to support ...

Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council, discussed the USDA funding and its potential value for potato growers and ...

Specialty crops have yet to receive a dime of the $1 billion in farm relief announced late last year. Crediting the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, USDA will provide $175 million per year for SCRI, ...

Specialty crop growers are facing an unprecedented economic crisis, with the National Potato Council reporting potential losses of $500 million for russet potatoes alone this year. While the USDA ...

USDA is awarding $86.6 million to 609 specialty crop projects across 56 states and territories to support research, marketing ...

Specialty crop producers have a month to apply for aid payments that will be distributed according to commodity-specific payment rates that will be announced later, the Agriculture Department ...

North Carolina was awarded more than $1.5 million in funding from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of $86.6 ...