Radio Newsline Archive

The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced it will again waive restrictions and allow summertime sale of fuels blended with fifteen per cent ethanol at fuels pump across the country. (Rod Bain and EPA Administrator Michael Regan)

A USDA official is clearing up some misinformation about USDA's program of financial assistance for producers who have in the past been discriminated against in USDA lending programs. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene)

Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene with an important update on USDA's financial assistance programs for producers who in the past were discriminated against in USDA lending programs.

The latest USDA Agricultural Prices report shows a total increase in what livestock producers received for prices for their commodities, and how that impacted the total ag price index. (Rod Bain)

There are several training vehicles available from USDA for use by animal health stakeholders to prepare for response of potential animal disease outbreaks. (Rod Bain and Barbara Porter-Spaulding of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Barbara Porter-Spaulding of APHIS Veterinary Services explains the various training exercises available to animal health stakeholders under USDA’s National Training and Exercise Program

Filling out that ag. census form may not be as difficult as you might think. And there may be some help available. (Gary Crawford and Jody McDaniel)

How concerned should farmers be about the confidential data they enter into the Census of Agriculture? (Gary Crawford and Jody McDaniel)

Jody McDaniel with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service explaining why USDA is still accepting ag. census responses far beyond the original Feb. 6th due date.