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* - 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...

What will it take to pass a new farm bill? (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, giving visiting Farmers Union members a progress report on new USDA Packers and Stockyards rules.

The USDA official overseeing the mission area for Farmers Markets explains why each individual markets have their own identities. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Services Jenny Moffitt)

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Services Jenny Moffitt explains some of the characteristics that make Farmers Markets unique - both collectively and as individual offerings in communities.

Dry weather is speeding development of many crops. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Ripey)

This year's income prospects for crop producers are far different from those involved in animal agriculture. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Farm production expenses may fall this year. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer,

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer, with some key numbers from USDA's 2024 farm income forecast.

Two dates in the final quarter of 2024 are set for ranking of Fiscal Year 2025 funding applications for projects under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. (Rod Bain and Karen Woodrich of the Natural Resources Conservation Service)