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If your child is going to school this fall and taking lunch from home, experts say pack that lunch with good nutrition and with food safety in mind. Gary Crawford has more on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Sandy Proctor, Kansas State University Extension Nutrition...

What goes into the developing of the U.S. Drought Monitor? It is a question more are asking as greater interest has developed in this weekly report - a by-product of increased drought over the past two years. Rod Bain talks with one of the authors of the Drought Monitor about the input and...

Millions of Americans don't have indoor plumbing or safe wastewater systems. There's a new push to change that. Gary Crawford has more on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. White House Infrastructure...

Americans are drinking more and more coffee and consuming more and more caffeine. Some experts say those trends teken together may be grounds for concern, at least for some of us. Gary Crawford has more as he brews up this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Comedian, Tim...

Some of the most skillful and professional pilots in the country are not employed by the military or the major airlines. They're employed by farmers. Gary Crawford gives us a look at the modern agricultural aviation industry on this aerial edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and...

A new report is sounding the alarm about farmland that is disappearing at worrisome rate. Gary Crawford has more on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. John Pilotti with the American Farmland Trust. Indiana farmer and consultant, Kip Tom. Former Virginia Christmas Tree...

Some herpetologists would have us believe that snakes are not the vile, villainous vipers portrayed in our movies and other popular fiction. Maybe they are right. Gary Crawford is coiled up and ready to strike on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Dr. Maureen Frank...

Years in the making, the shortage of water supplies in several parts of the West have led to increased research, and various conservation strategies, to save as much water as possible for a growing list of diverse resource users. Rod Bain looks at the why�s behind the Western water shortage and ways...

Wise food shoppers may be pleasantly surprised by meat prices they find this week at some supermarkets. Gary Crawford grills the experts about holiday meat prices on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and USDA economists, Megan Sweitzer and Shayle Shagam.

As cybersecurity incidents increase at agribusinesses, food processing companies, and even individual farms, so does the need to take preventative steps to increase guard against such an attack and its impacts. Rod Bain talks about cybersecurity with an Extension expert in this edition of...