Radio Newsline Archive

A new USDA program will help non-profit lenders to finance small meat and poultry processing projects. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. and Dr. Karama Neal, Director of USDA's Rural Business Cooperative Services)

Dr. Karama Neal, Director of USDA's Rural Business Cooperative Services, giving two web addresses to get more information about USDA programs to encourage small and local meat and poultry processing capacity.

There's a new program for lenders, or potential lenders, who want to know more about the in's and out's of financing meat and poultry processing projects. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Karama Neal, with USDA's Rural Business Cooperative Services)

Doing 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(888-674-6854) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov

Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline, outlining several ways you can get food safety questions answered live by real experts.

While several parts of the nation should have a warm and dry Memorial Day weekend, there are a couple of regions that could experience cooler and wetter conditions. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides the outlook for holiday weekend weather across the country from Saturday, May 28th to Memorial Day May 30th.

A senior White House official provides an update on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law efforts to date, including some of the focal points within rural areas. (Rod Bain and White House Senior Advisor and Federal Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu.)

White House Senior Advisor and Federal Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu discusses some of the infrastructure related issues in rural areas - among the focus points within projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

USDA is allocating Commodity Credit Corporation to further enhance response efforts to the recent highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak. (Rod Bain and Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford)