Radio Newsline Archive

Prevention and response of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in wild and commercial bird populations is the focus of recent funding received by USDA from the Commodity Credit Corporation. (Rod Bain and Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford)

Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford talks about informational resources to help poultry producers protect their flocks from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, such as recent funding for programs, and USDA's "Defend the Flock" campaign.

USDA has begun taking applications from borrowers for a program that offers financial assistance to those borrowers who in the past may have been discriminated against by USDA. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

New USDA crop supply and demand forecasts are coming soon. These will be revised using new acreage information. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

What is forecast this season for this year’s domestic maple syrup crop? (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA recently added the category of quantity of sap in its maple syrup production forecasts per requests by the maple syrup industry. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

If you are enrolled in Medicaid, officials want you to know that eligibility checks are resuming after a three year hiatus. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Andrea Palm)

Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Andrea Palm urging all Medicaid participants to contact their state Medicaid office so their Medicaid eligibility can be determined.