Radio Page

Producers of eligible crops still have time to submit applications for assistance under USDA's Emergency Relief Program. (Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says eligible farmers who have yet to apply for funding under phase one of the Emergency Relief Program have until December 16th to do so.

If you are a farmer, you should soon be seeing in your mailbox some information about the upcoming Census of Agriculture. (Gary Crawford and Barbara Rater with USDA's Ag. Statistics Service)

The USDA is starting to contact farmers about the new Census of Agriculture. (Gary Crawford and Hubert Hamer, Administrator of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Barbara Rater, Census and Survey Division Director with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, saying every farmer response to the Ag. Census counts toward making the information more accurate and useful.

Data collected in studies such as those collected from a USDA study can help develop improved methods of traceback for a particular e-coli strain associated with foodborne illness. (Rod Bain and researcher, Jim Bono)

If you are buying a real Christmas tree this year, be prepared to pay more for it than you did last season. (Gary Crawford and Tim O'Connor, Executive Director of the National Christmas Tree Association)

* - STATIONS: Please do not air this story after 9 AM EDT Saturday - * Storm surge and related safety concerns for the Carolinas and areas inland in the path of Hurricane Ian continue to rise. (Rod Bain and National Weather Service Director Ken Graham)

Federal and state emergency personnel and others are in the middle of recovery operations in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. (Rod Bain and Federal Emergency Management Administration Associate Administrator Anne Bink)

Wheat prices rise after surprising USDA crop forecast. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)