Radio Newsline
No Big Surprises in Latest Round of USDA Supply/Demand Forecasts
00:01:00.316 2024-03-08There were no big surprises in the latest round of USDA crop forecasts. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)
USDA Reports Create a Small Ripple in Corn and Soybean Markets
00:00:46.706 2024-03-08Friday's USDA Supply and Demand forecasts created a small ripple in corn and soybean markets. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)
Actuality: Ukraine Having Success in Exporting Grain
00:00:31.085 2024-03-08USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says Ukraine has had remarkable success in exporting its grain.
Analyzing Biobased Economy Impacts
00:00:59.219 2024-03-08What is the connection between the nation’s biobased products industry and impacts to the U.S. economy? Some answers are provided via a recent USDA commissioned economic impact analysis. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Betsy Dirksen-Londrigan)
Actuality: Biobased Product Production and Rural Economic Impacts
00:00:53.995 2024-03-08Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Betsy Dirksen-Londrigan talks about the potential of the biobased product industry on rural economies, and how consumers can learn more about biobased products at ‘www.biopreferred.gov”.
Latest General CRP Acreage Enrollment Period Underway
00:00:59.454 2024-03-08Producers have until March 29th to enroll acreage in USDA’s General Conservation Reserve Program. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)
Actuality: CRP History, Purpose, and Opportunity
00:00:54.282 2024-03-08Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie discuss aspects of the Conservation Reserve Program including the current General CRP sign-up underway through March 29th.
Contributions of Women to Forest Service History
00:01:00.055 2024-03-08The first half of the history of the U.S. Forest Service included significant, yet perhaps unsung, contributions from women to the agency and our forests, according to one historian. (Rod Bain and Forest Service historian Rachel Kline)
Actuality: Women Pioneers in Forest Service Information Infrastructure
00:01:00.264 2024-03-08U.S. Forest Service historian Rachel Kline offers examples of some women involved in development of the agency, and important components within it.
Actuality: Examples of Forest Service Education and Outreach by Women
00:00:59.768 2024-03-08U.S. Forest Service historian Rachel Kline discusses women in the early years of the agency involved in efforts in teaching the public on the importance of our nation's forests and their protection.