Radio Newsline Archive

USDA has issued a report that details efforts toward climate-smart agriculture and forestry. (Stephanie Ho and Bill Hohenstein, Director of Office of Energy and Environmental Policy)

What is climate-smart technology, and why should the agriculture sector care? (Stephanie Ho and Bill Hohenstein, Director of Office of Energy and Environmental Policy)

John Reilly, with MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, says a report he co-authored details the range of impacts a changing climate can have on the agriculture sector.

The Farm Journal Foundation's Stephanie Mercier co-authored a report on climate change that details steps farmer farmers can take on their own to reduce their energy use.

Experts say getting the nation's forests fully healthy and resilient is going to be a huge job and will take more resources that are being expended right now. (Gary Crawford and Joe Fox, President of the National Association of State Foresters)

Joe Fox, President of the National Association of State Foresters, telling the Senate Agriculture Committee that healthy forests are dependent on healthy markets for forest products and on carbon markets.

Federal crop insurance and its importance as a risk management tool for ag producers made a significant impression on one farm family. (Rod Bain. Michael and Valerie Diller)

Experts are projecting another busy hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. (Gary Crawford. Acting NOAA Administrator Ben Friedman. USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell)

Ben Friedman, Acting Administrator of NOAA, with the predictions for the upcoming Atlantic Basin Hurricane season.

The USDA is expanding its disaster assistance to include most aquaculture operators. (Gary Crawford and Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency)