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USDA Revises Corn and Soybean Forecasts 2024-09-12 00:00:58.536
USDA has revised its corn and soybean forecasts. (Gary Crawford)
A Big Corn Crop on the Way 2024-09-12 00:01:00.456
A big corn crop is on the way. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)
Actuality: Cotton Balance Sheet 2024-09-12 00:00:40.656
USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer looking at the balance sheet for corn.
Economic Benefits from Farmers Markets 2024-09-12 00:00:59.350
How might Farmers Markets provide benefits economically for both vendors as well as the communities they serve? (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)
USDA Farmers Market Oriented Resources Available 2024-09-12 00:00:59.506
Farmers Market stakeholders of all types have several resources and information about such available through various USDA programs and portals. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)
Actuality: USDA Programs for Farmers Markets Vendors 2024-09-12 00:00:27.428
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt discusses a USDA program benefitting Farmers Market operators and producer-vendors.
Actuality: Farmers Markets OK'd for USDA Food and Nutrition Programs 2024-09-12 00:00:19.095
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt talks about various USDA food and nutrition programs with benefits accepted at several Farmers Markets across the country.
2024 Wildfire Season Still Going Strong 2024-09-11 00:00:55.656
The 2024 wildfire season is still going strong. (Gary Crawford. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore. USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)
Actuality: The 2024 Wildfire Season Has Been Active 2024-09-11 00:00:50.784
USDA meteorologist. Brad Rippey, describing the current 2024 wildfire season.
Actuality: U.S. Topsoils Drying Out 2024-09-11 00:00:48.192
USDA meteorologist. Brad Rippey, says the nation's topsoils are the driest they've been this year.
Actuality: Some States with Very Dry Topsoils 2024-09-11 00:00:32.904
USDA meteorologist. Brad Rippey, talking about some states with very dry topsoils
Actuality: Pastures Show Improvement 2024-09-11 00:00:25.680
USDA meteorologist. Brad Rippey, says pastures are improving.
Actuality: National Weather Forecast for September 17 - 23 2024-09-11 00:00:35.472
USDA meteorologist. Brad Rippey, with the national weather forecast for September 17th through the 23rd.
A Food Price Inflation Milestone 2024-09-11 00:00:59.400
There's some good news for food shoppers in the latest Consumer Price Index report. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer)
Actuality: Food Inflation Numbers from the Consumer Price Index 2024-09-11 00:00:33.264
USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer, with some key numbers from the Consumer Price Index.
Some Crops at Risk from Francine 2024-09-10 00:00:56.928
Francine could pose a threat to several crops in the South and Mid-South. (Gary Crawford and U/sda meteorologist, Brad Rippey)
Features
Agriculture USA
Growing Farm Safety and Health Awareness 2024-09-10 00:04:59.964
* - National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 15 – 21 - *
Multiple organizations with a focus on farm safety and health approach various aspects of this concern through education, resources, and awareness campaigns such as the annual National Farm Safety and Health Week. Rod Bain looks at some of the efforts to cultivate safety on the farm in this edition of “Agriculture USA”.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Dan Neenan of the National Education Center for Farm Safety. Scott Heiberger and Melissa Ploekelman of the National Farm Medicine Center.
Consumer Time
Getting More of Our Food from Closer to Home 2024-09-10 00:02:11.134
It's an idea whose time has come---Getting more of our food from closer to our homes. Gary Crawford has more.
PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Household Food Security in the U.S. - The 2023 Edition 2024-09-10 00:02:47.523
What are some of the trends found in USDA's latest edition of its annual "Household Food Security in the U.S." study? Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Matthew Rabbitt of the Economic Research Service
Reviewing the Atlantic Hurricane Season to Date 2024-09-10 00:02:59.983
What was behind the lower-than-expected hurricane totals during the summer half of the Atlantic hurricane season, and might there be increasing tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Basin this fall? Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey
What to Do When News Reports Scare Our Young Children 2024-09-10 00:03:00.062
When our children are frightened by the bad news they may hear, what can we say and do to help them? Gary Crawford has this report.
PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Bradford Wiles, Kansas State University Extension Child Development Specialist.
A Supply Chain Story Featuring Sugar 2024-09-10 00:02:31.353
The nation’s sugar industry was among many in farm and food production finding innovative ways to distribute product during the height of the global pandemic, so what is their story? Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Luther Markhardt of the American Sugar Alliance
Agriculture Update
USDA Forecasts Lower Farm Income for 2024 2024-09-10 00:02:24.240
USDA is forecasting a cut in farm income for this year. Gary Crawford has more. '
PARTICIPANTS: (Gary Crawford. Spiro Stefanou, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service. Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist.
Latest Support to Develop Organic Markets 2024-09-10 00:02:29.916
The final of four rounds of USDA Organic Market Development Grants were recently awarded to recipient projects, in efforts to build market opportunities for organic products. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt
Recap of Latest CRP Enrollment Figures 2024-09-10 00:02:21.113
USDA's Farm Service Agency recently provided this fiscal year's acreage enrollment numbers for the Conservation Reserve Program. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and FSA Acting Deputy Administrator John Berge
Batching Dates for ACEP Applications to Start New Fiscal Year 2024-09-10 00:02:29.551
Recent funding application announcements coincided with the first project application batching dates for a USDA easement conservation program set for the upcoming fiscal year. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Karen Woodrich of the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Preventable Incidents Focus of National Farm Safety and Health Week 2024-09-10 00:02:24.875
* - National Farm Safety and Health Week 2024 is September 15 – 21 - *
This year’s National Farm Safety and Health Week features the theme of don’t learn safety by accident, yet there is a caveat to that. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Dan Neenan of the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety