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Actuality: Explaining the Cooperative Model
00:00:48.613 2023-10-05Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke explains how the cooperative business model works.
Actuality: National Cooperative Month
00:00:38.844 2023-10-05Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke talks about the history and theme of National Cooperative Month.
New Customers of NRCS Conservation Programs
00:00:59.350 2023-10-05The Chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service says recent increases in funding and outreach are behind new applicants of various conservation programs. (Rod Bain and Chief Terry Cosby)
Ag. Productivity Falling in Sub-Saharan Africa
00:01:00.421 2023-10-05One of the many regions of the world suffering a reduction in agricultural productivity is Sub-Saharan Africa. (Gary Crawford. Dr. Tom Thompson with Virginia Tech University. Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwean farmer)
Actuality: Many African Farmers are Stuck with Primitive Farming Methods
00:00:16.796 2023-10-05Zimbabwean farmer, Ruramiso Mashumba, telling a Washington, D.C. panel discussion on agricultural productivity that sometimes the programs to help small farmers in developing countries are the programs that are keeping them from access to modern farm technology.
Actuality: Zimbabwe's Farmers Hurt by Lack of Modern Crop Varieties
00:00:20.558 2023-10-05Zimbabwean farmer, Ruramiso Mashumba, telling a Washington, D.C. panel discussion on agricultural productivity that productivity is falling in her country partially due to the lack of new crop varieties.
Sign Up Underway for Two NRCS Programs
00:01:00.081 2023-10-04Two of the Natural Resources Conservation Service's flagship programs are currently accepting applications for project funding for the new fiscal year. (Rod Bain and NRCS Chief Terry Cosby)
Actuality: Examples of Climate Smart Conservation and Partnership
00:01:00.133 2023-10-04Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby talks about climate smart conservation practices and the partnership between landowners and NRCS technical staff to put such practices into action.
Gains in U.S. Agricultural Productivity Have Been Shrinking
00:00:59.506 2023-10-04A new report says farmers in the developing world are not the only ones trying to cope with reductions in productivity growth rates. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Tom Thompson with Virginia Tech University)
Another Dry Emphasis in Topsoil Moisture Report
00:00:59.376 2023-10-04The nation mostly continues to see very short to short topsoil moisture conditions per USDA's latest look, yet there is one region of exception. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)