Radio Newsline
New Grant Awards Supporting Specialty Crop Sector
00:00:59.376 2024-08-22The Agriculture Department recently announced award recipients for its Specialty Crop Block Grants and Specialty Crop Multi-State Program. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)
Actuality: Explaining Specialty Crop Grant Programs
00:00:53.342 2024-08-22Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt explains the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and Specialty Crop Multi-State Program.
Actuality: Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative
00:00:40.568 2024-08-22Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt discusses USDA’s Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative, and efforts to expand research and market opportunities for the specialty crop industry.
Risk Management Education Partnerships on Display
00:00:59.715 2024-08-22USDA recently announced recipients of Risk Management Education Partnership projects designed to explain crop insurance and risk management to various producer populations. (Rod Bain and Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger)
Actuality: Example of Risk Management Education Partnership Project
00:00:31.164 2024-08-22Mary Conklin of the University of Connecticut discusses a recently awarded Risk Management Education Partnership Project to explain the types of efforts receiving funding.
Tight Egg Market Should Start to Ease in 2025.
00:00:56.568 2024-08-22When will the very tight egg market start to ease? (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)
Forecast for Apple and Cranberry Production
00:01:00.212 2024-08-22Does this year’s harvest indicate plenty of fruit from two fall-time favorites … apples and cranberries? (Rod Bain and Fleming Gibson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)
Balance within U.S. Pasture and Rangeland Conditions
00:01:00.238 2024-08-21Even with a slight decline in national condition ratings, the regional look at pasture and rangeland provides a mixture of conditions. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)
Further Look at Topsoil Moisture
00:00:59.794 2024-08-21The changes of note in the latest USDA topsoil moisture condition report are not nationally, but within regions. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)
Actuality: Topsoil Moisture Shortness Condition by State
00:00:59.245 2024-08-21USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey covers states with significant very short to short topsoil moisture condition ratings for the period ending August 18.