Radio Newsline

There are two new activities under USDA's initiative aimed at helping ag producers weather difficulties brought on by the pandemic. (Stephanie Ho and Zach Ducheneaux, FSA Administrator)

USDA is expanding its food assistance for young adults who are in homeless and emergency shelters. (Gary Crawford)

Two segments of agriculture offer examples of technological advances that promise benefits for producers. (Rod Bain. Jim Bair of the U.S. Apple Association. Mike Newland of the Propane Education and Research Council.)

The latest USDA agricultural trade update has good news for U.S. farmers and exporters. There's also news for an economist who puts that update together every month. (Gary Crawford. USDA economists, Bart Kenner and Dylan Russel)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with the export numbers for some major bulk commodities and how they did during the first five months of this fiscal year, October through February.

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with the total agricultural export/import/trade balance numbers for the first five months of the 2021 fiscal year.

Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products are still setting records. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, outlining China's purchases of U.S. livestock products during the first five months of this fiscal year.

What is one unexpected and non-lethal way to deter black vultures? (Stephanie Ho and Bryan Kleuver, Wildlife Services)

USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services’ decade-long efforts to keep gulls away has maintained the unique water quality designation for a lake in the state of Maine. (Rod Bain and Ben Nugent of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services)