The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's updates to the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A $2 billion program aimed at helping specialty crop producers is now accepting applications. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Jan. 9—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds specialty crop producers to apply for assistance for marketing and food safety certification expenses. Specifically, USDA's Farm Service Agency ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 29, 2025, United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins released additional funds through the MASC program to support ...

Produce industry leaders are trying to make sure the specialty crop industry isn’t left behind in an end-of-year funding bill. In a letter issued to the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate ...

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, ...

(WSAW) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a second round of payments for specialty crop producers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. It will ...

Michigan specialty crop growers who applied before the January 10, 2025 deadline will begin receiving payments through the USDA's Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program. The program, ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (USDA) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Tuesday a second round of payments coming this week for specialty crop producers through the Marketing ...

A provision in the House aims to standardize specialty crop disaster aid by directing USDA to base payments on producers’ prior-year sales. Some non-full-time farmers could see payments capped at $155 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 7—WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture reminds specialty crop producers to apply for assistance for marketing and ...

A $2 billion program aimed at helping specialty crop producers is now accepting applications. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency's (FSA) Marketing Assistance for Specialty ...