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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

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

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

* - 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)