Agribusiness Update for Monday 07/21/14

USDA has announced 13-million dollars in Farm Bill funding is now available for organic certification cost-share assistance. This assistance will be distributed through the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program and Agricultural Management Assistance Organic Certification Cost-Share Program. The funding is provided through participating states to USDA certified organic producers and handlers for up to 75-percent of certification-related expenses they incur - up to 750-dollars per certification - from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014.

The National Farmers Union has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking for more information about which bodies of water would be jurisdictional under the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule. During a conference call between the NFU board of directors and McCarthy - NFU President Roger Johnson says the board asked for clarity surrounding some of the definitions in the proposal - yet many members feel the proposed rule has instead created less clarity.

That's today's Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network.