More than 200 leaders from organic businesses, farms, and ranches of all sizes from all regions of the country are coming to Washington this week with one goal in mind: Repair the organic public-private partnership and halt the bureaucratic foot-dragging that is stymying this vibrant industry.

While the rest of the country has enjoyed an economic resurgence in recent years, the farm economy has slipped into a recession as global commodity prices precipitously fall.

Almost one year ago, a report was published that highlighted astonishing findings: states were abusing federal loopholes to waive food stamp work requirements for as many able-bodied adults as possible.

NCBA is pleased that USMCA makes no major changes to the market access provisions that have made the U.S. beef and cattle industry a powerhouse in North America. Let’s keep a great thing going.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released their much-anticipated analysis of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) yesterday, and the upshot for U.S. food and agriculture was a clear win.

If you’d like to see changes in conservation practice standards, now’s your chance. Until April 25, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting comments as part of its review of conservation practice standards mandated by the 2018 Farm Bill and designed to improve the standards and increase flexibility.

In the past 25 years, our world has cut hunger, poverty, and malnutrition in half and lifted a billion people out of poverty.

We are on the cusp of a critical leap forward in agriculture related to data. This advancement will provide critical information to farmers who are working continuously to produce more using fewer resources. Improved data analysis will also help us extract meaning from data already being collected but not being utilized to its fullest potential. We know many on-farm practices are benefiting the environment, and this data could help verify them.

The Farm Bill is done. Now it’s on to Child Nutrition Reauthorization, hopefully.

America’s farmers and ranchers work day-in and day-out to put food on our plates, but they are facing a world of challenges.