Radio Newsline Archive
USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program Signup Dates
00:00:59.872 2022-01-26USDA has set the signup dates for the Conservaton Reserve Program. (Gary Crawford. Former President Ronald Reagan. Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency)
Actuality: FSA Chief Reviews CRP Signup Dates
00:00:28.003 2022-01-26Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency, giving this year's signup dates for the Conservation Reserve Program.
Actuality: Farmers Should Call Ahead for CRP Signup Appointments.
00:00:21.420 2022-01-26Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency, saying farmers should call ahead for Conservation Reserve Program signup appointments.
First Ever National Agroforestry Survey Out Soon
00:01:00.316 2022-01-26Recipients will be receiving USDA's first National Agroforestry Survey in the mail by early February. (Rod Bain and Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)
Actuality: Genesis of First National Agroforestry Survey
00:00:43.520 2022-01-26Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses how a 2017 Census of Agriculture question became a first ever USDA survey on agroforestry practices.
Actuality: Types of Agroforestry Practices
00:00:58.174 2022-01-26Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service explains various agroforesty practices that will be part of USDA's upcoming National Agroforestry Survey.
Work on Pig Genetics Made Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant Possible
00:01:00.107 2022-01-26Years of work on pig genetics helped to make the recent pig-to-human heart transplant possible. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Joan Lunney with USDA's Agricultural Research Service)
Actuality: How Long Can a Person Live with Transplanted Pig Heart?
00:00:42.057 2022-01-26Dr. Joan Lunney, USDA scientist, saying that the steps leading up to the recent pig-to-human heart transplant not only included years of breeding pigs to be more like humans in genetic makeup, but also years of testing organ transplants. And even today, there's no way to know how long the current transplant recipient will live.