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The U.S. Department of Agriculture published its new standard for organic livestock production. Industry groups say that this will help producers compete and promote trust in organic products for consumers.

Segment 1: Policymakers have yet to grasp the depth of the recession in farm country.Farmers are slowly losing their livelihood as the input costs of…

Consumers are buying more certified organic fruits and vegetables every year, and in the Midwest and Plains states, much of it is grown on small farms....

Peyton Manning, the NFL quarterback-turned-pitchman, apparently has another side hustle: Certifying shipments of grain as organic for a Nebraska-based…

Burkey Farms in southeast Nebraska looked into the future a couple of years ago and didn’t like what it saw — a continuation of depressed prices for…

Sales of organic food reportedly climbed to record highs in 2016, an indication organics are edging toward the mainstream. In a new industry report, the...

Liz Graznak runs an organic farm in Jamestown, Missouri, which she calls Happy Hollow Farm. She sells her vegetables to local restaurants, in CSA boxes…

Is organic meat more humane than conventionally raised meat?Rules that would create animal welfare standards for livestock certified as organic have been…

When shoppers browse meat at the grocery store they are confronted with all kinds of brands and labels, making it hard to tell whether the meat they buy…

"Organic" has been the buzzword in produce for years, but not everyone has the budget to buy only fruit and vegetables with that certification.In the…

The organic farming industry is booming. Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its federal organic certification program in 2002, the number…