Radio Newsline

Poultry producers are helping fight the spread of avian influenza by looking for, and reporting, sick birds. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Rosemary Sifford with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

A new USDA report shows hog producers are being very careful about expanding production. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with some of the key numbers from Wednesday's Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.

Markets will soon have a much better idea of what spring plantings may look like. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA is now accepting applications for the second round of its Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants – part of the Department’s efforts to improve meat and poultry processing capacity and resiliency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

The much awaited "Origin of Livestock" final rule for organic dairies is coming very soon. (Gary Crawford. Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Lester Moffitt. Representatives Kim Schrier and Chellie Pingree)

Urban agriculture is getting more attention from Congress and from the USDA. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Terry Cosby, Chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Lester Moffitt telling a House Agriculture Subcommittee about USDA's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

USDA is reporting that drought continues to negatively impact much of the country's winter wheat crop. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA's State Stories report is highlighting a lack of topsoil moisture in the Great Plains. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)