Source: Chuck Abbott, SUCCESSFUL FARMING, 3/16/20


The USDA admitted to flaws in the analysis it used to kill a regulation setting animal welfare standards for organic farms, and now it faces a September 8 deadline to publish a final rule with the updated cost-benefit analysis. “After these many efforts, the department should move quickly,” wrote U.S. district judge Rosemary Collyer granting voluntary remand to the USDA. Nearly two-and-a-half years ago, the Organic Trade Association sued the Trump administration for delaying implementation of the rule and then withdrawing it on March 13, 2018.

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