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Senate Ag Committee hearing on specialty crops and trade
The Senate Ag Committee explored marketing opportunities for specialty crops and organics in a farm bill hearing Thursday.
Chairman Pat Roberts said farmers need a strong and reliable market to sell products, but emphasized the need for changes to prevent fraudulent organic imports. “It seems that uncertainty and dysfunction have overtaken the National Organic Standards Board and the regulations associated with the National Organic Program. These problems create an unreliable regulatory environment.”
President of Illinois-based Clarkson Grain Company Ken Dallmier testified saying leading organic demand are dairy and poultry products, but supplies of organic grain have fallen short, and the National Organic Program (NOP) hasn’t been aggressive enough in leveling the playing field.
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