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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses the details to date of a pilot program designed to improve H5N1 monitoring, testing, and protection of dairy herds.
Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Director Brian Guse discusses the collaboration and purpose behind cooperative agreements in compositing and food waste reduction.
USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam goes over quarterly hog and pig farrowing and pigs per litter estimates, per the June Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report.
Most categories in USDA's latest Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report showed year over year increases, yet producers are holding back in one year. (Rod Bain and USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam)
Entities wishing funding for a pilot project focused on localized composting and food waste reduction have until early September to apply. (Rod Bain and Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Director Brian Guse)
This 4th of July grills across America will be fired up for cookouts. On this edition of Agriculture USA Gary Crawford has some tips from an expert on how to keep cookouts from being sickouts. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with USDA's...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses the eligibility requirements for producers of H5N1 infected dairy cattle to apply for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish Program.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explains the intent behind the addition of dairy cattle infected with the H5N1 virus as eligible for a USDA disaster assistance program.