Radio Newsline Archive
First Ever Challenge to Come to USMCA Dispute Panel
00:01:00.395 2021-05-27Canadian dairy tariff-rate quotas and their impacts to U.S. imports to that market are at the center of the first ever dispute to come before a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement resolution panel. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
No Discernable Negative Effect of Covid Pandemic on U.S. Ag. Exports
00:01:00.107 2021-05-27Has the global pandemic cut into export sales of U.S. agricultural products this fiscal year? (Gary Crawford and Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist)
USDA Collecting Data Now for its Big Planted Acreage Report
00:01:00.107 2021-05-27How many acres of what crops are farmers planting this spring? USDA has begun the huge effort to answer that market-moving question for us. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)
**Broadcasters: The USDA Acreage Report will be released June 30th, noon EDT**
Actuality: Farmers Survey Responses Vital to Accurate Acreage Report
00:00:25.051 2021-05-27Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, saying that the accuracy of the upcoming USDA Acreage Report depends on farmers and their prompt and accurate response to USDA acreage surveys.
**Broadcasters: The USDA Acreage Report will be released June 30th, noon EDT**
USDA Works to Scare Rare Birds from Airports Without Harming Them
00:00:59.977 2021-05-27USDA teams are working to scare away rare birds from an airport, without harming them. (Stephanie Ho and Chad Wickham, USDA Wildlife Services research biologist)
Herding Dogs Help USDA Keep Rare Geese Away from a Hawaiian Airport
00:00:59.977 2021-05-27Herding dogs are crucial to USDA's efforts to keep rare and protected geese away from a Hawaiian airport. (Stephanie Ho and Brian Washburn, USDA Wildlife Services research biologist)
Common Characteristics for Successful Dairy Operations
00:01:00.447 2021-05-27An Extension expert notes characteristics that successful dairy operators seem to share. (Rod Bain and Jim Salfer of University of Minnesota Extension)
New Protocols at the Livestock Auction Barn
00:01:00.316 2021-05-27Livestock auction barns and sale yards were among the ag entities changing the way they did business last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Rod Bain and Chelsea Good of the Livestock Marketing Association)
One Cookout Shortcut Can also be a Shortcut to Illness
00:00:57.547 2021-05-27Doing things "halfway" can often cause problems later on, especially in the case of having a holiday weekend cookout. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline)
****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-5463) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov