Radio Newsline Archive

A recent hearing by lawmakers offered input opportunities on how to modernize existing farm guestworker programs. (Rod Bain. Linnea Kooistra. Former Assistant Secretary of Labor Leon Sequeira. Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Credit is the life blood of agriculture and the nation's Farm Credit System has performed a lot of transfusions in the last hundred and five years. (Gary Crawford. Former President Woodrow Wilson. Farm Credit Administration Chairman Glen Smith) ***Broadcasters--The historical farm credit timeline can be found at FCA.gov ****

Glen Smith, Iowa farmer and Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration, talking about the factors that led to creation of the Farm Credit System in 1916.

Glen Smith, Iowa farmer and Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration, saying there is at least one thing unique to the Farm Credit System--It's owned by the borrowers.

How has the nation's Farm Credit System fared during the pandemic? (Gary Crawford and Glen Smith, Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration)

Glen Smith, Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration says Covid-19 did not keep the Farm Credit System from its mission.

Milk production continues to grow as the dairy herd expands. (Gary Crawford)

More agricultural producers these days are being proactive about discussing life on their farms and ranches with consumers. (Rod Bain. Dairy producer Lauren Bray. Hannah Thompson-Weeman of the Animal Agriculture Alliance.)

USDA data reflects that more, and younger, new and beginning farmers and ranchers are entering into careers in agriculture. (Rod Bain and Tony Dorn of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)