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Hospitals, nursing home, and other facilities in rural areas are important to their local economies and social fabric, and face both various challenges as well as opportunities for improvements. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small...

Urban agriculture is getting more attention from Congress and from the USDA. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Terry Cosby, Chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Those late winter and early spring storms may have damaged trees in your yard. Here's how to evaluate damage and fix it. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Dennis Patton, Kansas State University Extension Horticulturist.

Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Lester Moffitt telling a House Agriculture Subcommittee about USDA's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

Can you go to sleep and stay that way all night? Most of us are not that lucky, but there are some things that could help us. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Susan Harris with University of Nebraska Extension. Also, Larry, Moe and Curly.

USDA is reporting that drought continues to negatively impact much of the country's winter wheat crop. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Many factors are coming together at one time to form what some call a "perfect storm" in the fertilizer sector. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Jenny Martin of the Fertilizer Institute.

USDA's State Stories report is highlighting a lack of topsoil moisture in the Great Plains. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Efforts presently and in coming months to build our nation's ag trade relationship with the United Kingdom including a USDA-led ag trade mission. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. U.K. Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan...

Active weather is due to continue across much of the country through March. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)