Aurora Organic Dairy’s High Plains Dairy outside Gill, Colorado has been found to be in full compliance of organic rules by USDA's National Organic Program (NOP), on Sept. 27.
Aurora Organic Dairy’s High Plains Dairy outside Gill, Colorado has been found to be in full compliance of organic rules by USDA's National Organic Program (NOP), on Sept. 27.
On one hand, USDA’s decision to walk back proposed rules for organically raised livestock makes regulatory sense. On the other hand, its official explanation is very confusing.
Contract organic milk pay prices are increasing in much of the country, according to the recent issue of USDA's Dairy Market News. There is also more interest by processors in acquiring organic grass milk.
The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based organic advocacy group, has taken to the air to highlight what it calls abuses to organic milk, meat and egg production standards.
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) and University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment will partner on a four-year project to fill a research gap in southeastern U.S. or
With a shortfall in domestic supply, increased U. S. consumer demand for organic dairy products is being addressed with increased volumes of imported organic cheese and powders from Oceania.
Organic dairy product sales rose 8% in 2013, but a shortage of organic feed and drought issues continued to put supply pressure on the market, according to an annual summary from the Organic Trade Association (OTA).
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released results of the 2014 Organic Survey, showing milk as the sales leader among organic commodities.
It comes as no surprise that the organic sector continues to grow at a faster pace than other agricultural production systems. And while vegetables, fruits and livestock account for the lion’s share of organic product
Strong demand for organic milk will keep prices high enough to provide sufficient incentive for dairy farmers to produce more, according to one of the largest U.S. organic dairy cooperatives.
August fluid milk sales were down slightly from the year before, but whole milk continues to post monthly and year-to-date gains in both conventional and organic categories. The decline in overall organic sales continue
