Source: FARM PROGRESS, 11/19/20


The Senate has passed the bipartisan U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020. The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) of 1916 (P.L. 64-190), as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), authorizes the Federal Grain Inspection Service of the USDA to establish official marketing standards for certain grains and oilseeds. The covered crops are barley, canola, corn, flaxseed, oats, rye, sorghum, soybeans, sunflower seed, triticale, wheat, and mixed grain. The U.S. Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 passed out of committee on June 24. It passed the Senate on Nov. 16.

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