Radio Newsline Archive

USDA's acreage report served up some surprises for the corn and soybean markets. (Gary Crawford)

Stocks of most crops are down from a year ago. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

One expert says USDA's surprising acreage report shows how flexible farmers can be and how they can adapt quickly to changing conditions. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer saying that after studying the USDA acreage report, most of the surprising numbers do make sense and do show how producers can be very flexible.

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer talks about the interesting shifts in planting patterns that are revealed in USDA's report on acreage.

The merry month of May was not exactly merry when it comes to what producers were paid for their commodities. (Gary Crawford)

It appears USDA domestic tart cherry production forecasts for 2023 continue a trend of the past few years. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses the difference between sweet and tart cherries.

An expert says that a popular time-saving cookout practice could raise the risk of making you and your holiday cookout guests very sick. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline) ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-6854) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov

Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline, outlining several ways you can get food safety questions answered live by real experts. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-6854) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov