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USDA's latest effort to address fertilizer production and cost challenges involves grants to expedite construction and operation of shovel ready, financially viable production facilities. Rod Bain looks at the Fertilizer Investment and Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply initiative in this...

Four levels of grant monies are now available for land grant universities seeking to modernize and expand their agricultural research facilities to address modern farm and food issues. Rod Bain report. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics Scott Hutchins

How should you manage your produce garden to protect against heat stress? An Extension expert says it takes more than "Just Add Water". Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Minda Daughtry of North Carolina State University University Extension

How did the Agriculture Department's June Acreage Report compare to the initial crop planting intentions data delivered in March? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Anthony Prillaman of the National Agricultural Statistics Service

Selected Farm Service Agency service areas are participating in a pilot incorporating innovations into crop acreage reporting. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce

A new pilot program now being utilized to modernization acreage reporting via USDA's Farm Service Agency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce)

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce discusses aspects of a new Farm Service Agency pilot program focused on modernizing acreage reporting.

Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary Richard Fordyce talks about some of the technology being incorporated into a modernize acreage reporting pilot program at certain Farm Service Agency offices.

What did USDA's latest Crop Progress Report reflect in the way of recent Midwestern heat and condition ratings for the region's two major row crops. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides the latest corn crop silking and doe stage progress numbers as of July 5.