Radio Newsline Archive
Vilsack: Nutrition Insecurity Needs to be Addressed
00:00:59.559 2021-03-03The Agriculture Secretary says the challenge in feeding our nation's population goes beyond addressing food insecurity. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Goals for Improving the Nation's Nutrition and Food Security
00:01:00.212 2021-03-03The Agriculture Secretary Wednesday presented goals of his, and the Administration's, to address issues of nutrition and food insecurity in our country. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Recent Efforts to Address U.S. Food Insecurity
00:01:00.212 2021-03-03Various actions have taken place recently regarding the bolstering of food and nutrition assistance programs. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Why are Only Half of Those Eligible Enrolled in USDA's WIC Program?
00:00:59.924 2021-03-03USDA is looking into why enrollment numbers for its Women, Infants and Children nutrition program is not as high as it could be. (Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Actuality: Stimulus Plan Includes Funds to Benefit SNAP, WIC Programs
00:00:20.375 2021-03-03Speaking to the National Press Foundation, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed to two USDA nutrition programs that will benefit from the recent stimulus plan.
Review Soon on Farmers to Families Food Box Program
00:00:59.115 2021-03-03The Agriculture Secretary says evaluation will soon take place on a pandemic-based food assistance program that is continuing through next month. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Winter Storm Losses to Texas Agriculture over Half a Billion Dollars, so Far
00:01:00.081 2021-03-03We now have some preliminary dollar figures from Texas on the losses to that state's agriculture from that deadly winter storm. (Gary Crawford. President Joe Biden and Jeff Hyde, with Texas A & M AgriLife Extension)
Could Take Weeks to Know Full Extent of Storm Losses to Texas Agriculture
00:00:53.942 2021-03-03It may be weeks before we know just how much damage that deadly winter storm did to Texas agriculture. (Gary Crawford and Jeff Hyde, with Texas A & M AgriLife Extension)
Actuality: Texas Storm Loss Figures Likely to Grow in the Coming Weeks
00:00:18.233 2021-03-03Jeff Hyde, with Texas A & M AgriLife Extension, saying that the initial storm loss figure for agriculture of 600 million dollars is a very conservative early estimate.
Actuality: How Were Texas Storm Losses Assessed?
00:00:33.332 2021-03-03Jeff Hyde, with Texas A & M AgriLife Extension, explaining how they got the data for the preliminary winter storm agricultural loss assessment of 600 million dollars.