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We use the kitchen sink for food preparation – rinsing produce, cleaning pots and pans, washing utensils that touch raw meat, and more. With these activities come the possibility for foodborne illness-causing bacteria to hang out in the sink too. If proper food preparation safety steps are not...

This is the season for potluck dinners. Gary Crawford has this report about how to help make sure that dinner doesn't make someone sick. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. USDA food safety expert, Meredith Carothers. Pat Dodson, potluck dinner organizer.

Lawmakers have held a hearing on foreign purchases/ownership of U.S. farmland and other farm-related businesses. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Senate Ag. Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow. USDA Deputy Under Secretary Gloria Montano Greene. Montana Senator Jon Tester. Agriculture...

Many of us are preparing the house, the car and ourselves for winter. We need to prep our houseplants, too. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Ward Upham, Kansas State University Extension Horticulturist.

Lawmakers have held a hearing on foreign purchases/ownership of U.S. farmland and other farm-related businesses. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Senate Ag. Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow. USDA Deputy Under Secretary Gloria Montano Greene. Montana Senator Jon Tester. Agriculture...

Our houseplants need a little extra care this time of year. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Wark Upham, horticultural extension expert with Kansas State University.

Members of USDA’s Agricultural Trade Mission to Chile recently discussed their thoughts about the late September mission. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor. North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. Colorado...

U.S. Forest Service plant psychologists explain the science behind the changing of leaf colors in the autumn, as well as how best to view such sites. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Paul Schaberg and Kevin Smith of the U.S. Forest Service

What is behind a slight uptick in U.S. hog inventory over the previous quarter, per USDA's Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and livestock analyst Shayle Shagam

What did USDA’s September forecasts for both grain stocks and small grains reveal regarding changes from the previous quarter? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer