Radio Newsline Archive

The Agriculture Secretary Wednesday announced grants connected to school meal program and nutrition education – connected to USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses the most recent project recipients of funding under USDA’s School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub Grants.

Public comment is now open for a proposed rule to reduce the threshold for school eligibility for meals served to all students at no cost. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The leader of this week's U.S. agricultural trade mission to Panama says U.S. ag. sales will be boosted as a result of the trip. (Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor)

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor saying this week's U.S. ag. trade mission to Panama included visits to retail stores. .

Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor says the U.S. Grains Council has signed an agreement with Panama's National Sugar Cane Association to help grow the ethanol market in Panama.

What areas of the country face a moderate to major chance of flooding this Spring? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides the National Weather Service’s Spring Flood Outlook for the Upper Midwest, which is expected to have a moderate to major chance of flooding in some river basins.