Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service
This proposed rule would amend the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) organic regulations related to organic crop and livestock production. The proposed rule would provide additional tools to organic producers, allowing carbon dioxide in organic crop production and meloxicam as a pain treatment in organic livestock production. Additionally, this rulemaking would remove overly burdensome restrictions for methionine, an amino acid, in organic poultry feed and would affirm that sodium nitrate may be used as a fertilizer in organic crop production, with certain conditions to protect soil quality.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 205 [Doc. No. AMS-NOP-22-0029; NOP-22-02] RIN 0581-AE25 ( printed page 13782) AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This proposed rule would amend the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) organic regulations related to organic crop and livestock production. The proposed rule would provide additional tools to organic producers, allowing carbon dioxide in organic crop production and meloxicam as a pain treatment in organic livestock production. Additionally, this rulemaking would remove overly burdensome restrictions for methionine, an amino acid, in organic poultry feed and would affirm that sodium nitrate may be used as a fertilizer in organic crop production, with certain conditions to protect soil quality. DATES: Comments must be received by May 22, 2026. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by AMS-NOP-22-0029 and/or RIN 0581-AE25, by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions on the website for sending comments. Agency Website: www.ams.usda.gov/​rules-regulations/​proposed-rules . Follow the instructions on the website for sending comments. Email: Jared.Clark@usda.gov . Include the identifier AMS-NOP-22-0029 and/or RIN 0581-AE25 in the subject line of the message. Mail: Jared Clark, Assistant Director, Standards Division, National Organic Program, USDA-AMS-NOP, 1400 Independence Ave. …
Citation: 91 FR 13782
