Radio Newsline Archive

The U.S. may harvest a slightly bigger winter wheat crop than was expected a month ago. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

What is USDA's latest outlook for corn and soybean production in Ukraine this year, based on information from that nation's ag ministry? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Despite month-over-month increases in both total U.S. and Florida orange production, the all-U.S. production forecast remains down from the previous year. (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

The latest Consumer Price Index shows no slowdown in food price increases. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Matt Maclachlan)

USDA economist, Matt Maclachlan, saying that avian influenza has caused the loss of about 2 million laying hens. That is contributing to retail eggs costing 32% more than one year ago.

As the slow spring planting season begins to wrap up and the growing season gets going in earnest, USDA is involved in a huge weekly undertaking that brings us every Monday a look at planting progress and crop development (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service saying that the weekly crop progress report is as near to real time crop information as you can get. (The "reporters" he refers to are the people across the country who provide crop progress data each week to USDA.)

U.S. imports of food products are growing rapidly. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)