Radio Newsline Archive

A South Dakota non-profit notes its partnership with USDA Rural Development and other entities in making home ownership affordable in its service area. (Rod Bain and Darin Bekius of Homes Are Possible Incorporated)

Darin Beckius of Homes are Possible Incorporated discusses the partnership with Rural Development in utilizing direct loans to assist in home ownership in its service area.

A lowering of cheese prices in USDA’s latest dairy forecasts led to similar adjustments among product and class price categories. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski reviews USDA's latest forecasts for milk class and all-milk prices for 2023 and 2024.

USDA is wrapping up data collection for its upcoming June 30th report on planted acreage. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service,)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, talking about the multiple data sources being used to put together USDA's upcoming Acreage report. ***USDA's Acreage Report will be released June 30th at noon EDT***

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, saying that in addition to farmer surveys, USDA will use satellite images in its assessment of planted acreage.

USDA’s National Training and Exercise Program relies on volunteers across the public and private spectrums to develop and conduct training exercises in response to an animal health emergency. (Rod Bain and Barbara Porter-Spaulding of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Barbara Porter-Spaulding of APHIS Veterinary Services discusses ongoing planning by animal health stakeholders for animal disease response drills within the National Training and Exercise Program.

Barbara Porter-Spauling of USDA APHIS Veterinary Services notes one current exercise within the National Training and Exercise Program as an illustration of how such animal disease response exercises work.