Ever heard of biologicals? These natural tools are a growing part of the grower toolbox. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Mark Foster of AMVAC. Matthew Pye of FMC. Travis Kraft of Indigo Ag.

USDA is forecasting a cut in farm income for this year. Gary Crawford has more. ' PARTICIPANTS: (Gary Crawford. Spiro Stefanou, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service. Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist.

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...

An initiative to increase domestic fertilizer production was expanded recently with the announcement of new projects under a USDA program. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack

USDA recently announced recipients of Risk Management Education Partnership projects designed to explain crop insurance and risk management to various producer populations. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger. Mary Conklin of the University of...

The extreme heat and dryness across much of the country last month increased drought coverage over U.S. crops and commodities. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey

Brazil has perhaps quietly become one of the leading cotton producing nations in the world, but its history in reaching that point has been filled with challenges and innovations. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Lidiane Eichelt of Olam Agri