Radio Page

The Agriculture Department recently announced award recipients for its Specialty Crop Block Grants and Specialty Crop Multi-State Program. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt explains the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and Specialty Crop Multi-State Program.

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt discusses USDA’s Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative, and efforts to expand research and market opportunities for the specialty crop industry.

USDA recently announced recipients of Risk Management Education Partnership projects designed to explain crop insurance and risk management to various producer populations. (Rod Bain and Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger)

Mary Conklin of the University of Connecticut discusses a recently awarded Risk Management Education Partnership Project to explain the types of efforts receiving funding.

When will the very tight egg market start to ease? (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Does this year’s harvest indicate plenty of fruit from two fall-time favorites … apples and cranberries? (Rod Bain and Fleming Gibson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

A senior USDA trade official discussed some of the possible impacts on agriculture trade associated with a potential government shutdown. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor)

Representatives from various state agriculture departments offered their perspective on potential trade opportunities after participating in a USDA-led ag trade mission to Chile. (Rod Bain. North Dakota Ag Commissioner Doug Goehring. Colorado Ag Commissioner Kate Greenberg.)

The surprise within USDA's Quarterly Grain Stocks Report isn't the corn and soybean stock levels, according to the Agriculture Department's Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)