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Actuality: Key Numbers from USDA's Hogs/Pigs Report
00:01:14.631 2023-12-22USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam, with key numbers from USDA's Hogs and Pigs report.
Crop Year 2024 ARC-PLC Enrollment and Election Period Underway
00:01:00.264 2023-12-21The Farm Service Agency takes enrollment applications and election sign-ups for two of its Farm Bill farm safety programs through March 15th. (Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)
Actuality: ARC and PLC Enrollment Versus Election
00:00:59.062 2023-12-21Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux explains how Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage enrollment and election work.
Actuality: ARC-PLC and Crop Insurance Coverage Compatibility
00:00:29.283 2023-12-21Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux explains the level of compatibility of Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage with some forms of crop insurance.
Food Prices Could Make News Again in 2024
00:01:00.395 2023-12-21Food prices could make news again in 2024, but a different kind of news. (Gary Crawford and Megan Sweitzer, USDA economist)
Actuality: Food Price Projections for 2024
00:00:32.182 2023-12-21USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer, with the new food price projections for 2024.
USDA Gives Santa Some Help Before the Big Flight
00:01:00.290 2023-12-21Santa and his reindeer are getting some help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will clear the way for Santa's annual delivery trip. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Brianna Schur with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
For a Certain Type of Farmer Christmas Day is Unlike All Other Days
00:00:59.872 2023-12-21On one particular type of farm Christmas day can be an extra special day, unlike all other days. (Gary Crawford and Meghan Klotzbach, with Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms)
The Holidays Can Get a Little Crazy on a Dairy Farm
00:01:00.107 2023-12-21The dairy business can get crazy at times and REALLY crazy at Christmas. (Gary Crawford and Ken Smith)
Progress in Curbing BSE Cases Since 2003
00:00:59.977 2023-12-20Mad Cow Disease – a case of which twenty years ago caused concern in the U.S. beef industry – is now highly controlled thanks to numerous safeguards in place here and abroad. (Rod Bain. Former Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Kevin Shea.)