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This year's USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum - the centennial edition - provided opportunity to study the historic trends and impacts of ag trade policies and practices and how that has affected our nation's ag export abilities during that period. Rod Bain looks at a century of U.S. farm and food...
Don't listen to this next report unless you want to hear the unexpurgated truth about Thanksgiving. Gary Crawford has the hard-hitting story. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and USDA historical expert, Anne Effland.
USDA's Rural Development mission area includes the improvement of health access for rural residents through some of its program offerings. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Rural Development Under Secretary Basil Gooden.
There's still plenty of time to send or receive holiday gifts of perishable foods. An expert has tips on how to do that safely. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Meredith Carothers of USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline. A famous cartoon bird. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and...
Many frozen turkeys come with a handy pop-up device to tell you when that turkey is done. How reliable and how safe is that device? (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888...
An expert says many phone and online scammers are targeting older Americans. Gary Crawford has this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Barbara Stockebrand, Extension educator at Kansas State University.
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.
In 2022, Dr. Engil Pereira, professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), participated in the E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at the National Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Packers & Stockyards rules are part of a suite of new policies to give farmers better insight into key aspects of the agricultural system, from genetic components and pricing of seeds they purchase, to livestock market rates, so they can achieve fairer returns and plan better for their businesses.