e-commerce

New legislation introduced in the House of Representatives would allow state-inspected meat sales across state lines through e-commerce. The bill introduced last week by South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson and Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar, would allow small producers and processors more options to directly market to consumers ...

Online agricultural retail startups are compressing margins for traditional ag retailers through increased competition and price transparency.  A new report from CoBank shows that while e-commerce platforms remain a relatively small portion of the overall Ag retail marketplace, growth in the segment has been significant in recent years and will continue to increase.  A CoBan...

E-Connectivity was the center of the recently-released White House task force on agriculture and rural prosperity. But what comes next in terms of consideration and implementation of the report's recommendations?  USDA Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development, Anne Hazlet said some progress is already underway. ...