Radio Newsline
Actuality: CRP Grasslands Description and Sign-Up Details
00:00:53.185 2022-03-30Farm Service Agency Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow discusses the Conservation Reserve Program-Grasslands component, and improvements in the program for its latest acreage enrollment period going on from April 4th to May 13th.
Poultry Producers Fighting Avian Influenza by Reporting Sick Birds Quickly
00:00:55.249 2022-03-30Poultry 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)
"Caution" Seems the Operative Word in the Hog Business Right Now
00:00:56.920 2022-03-30A new USDA report shows hog producers are being very careful about expanding production. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)
Actuality: A Few Key Numbers from USDA Quarterly Hog/Pigs Report
00:00:47.516 2022-03-30Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with some of the key numbers from Wednesday's Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report.
It's Almost Here--USDA's Prospective Plantings Report
00:00:58.618 2022-03-29Markets 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)
New Round of Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants
00:01:00.133 2022-03-29USDA is now accepting applications for the second round of its Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grants part of the Departments efforts to improve meat and poultry processing capacity and resiliency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)
Origin of Livestock Final Rule for Organic Dairies Coming Very Soon
00:00:59.376 2022-03-29The 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 Getting More Attention from Lawmakers and USDA
00:00:59.506 2022-03-29Urban 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)
Actuality: Specialty Crops Getting Special Help from USDA
00:00:33.462 2022-03-29Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Lester Moffitt telling a House Agriculture Subcommittee about USDA's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
USDA Reports "Significant Issues" with Winter Wheat Crop
00:00:59.977 2022-03-29USDA is reporting that drought continues to negatively impact much of the country's winter wheat crop. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)