Radio Newsline Archive

A USDA grant program supporting improvements to infrastructure for higher blend ethanol and biofuels is now accepting applications. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)

Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal explains the intent of the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program, and how previous grants have aided in installing and expanding biofuel and ethanol infrastructure.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling reporters in Le Roy, Illinois that the U.S. will in the future become a truly bio-based economy.

The Metroplex area of Northeastern Texas experienced flash flooding after a twenty-four hour rain event that topped what that locale has received all year to date. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses some of the effects of a twenty-four hour rain event in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

How might the rearrival of dry conditions in the Midwest impact crop development this late in the growing season? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about this season's Southwest monsoon and how it has led to several flash flood events.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, notes the continued hot dry weather in much of the West, and its contribution to wildfire activity this summer.

Tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean is not expected between now and September 10th - the halfway point of what so far has been a quiet hurricane season. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, notes near to above normal temperatures nationwide and a wide range of precipitation outcomes across the country during the period of August 30 to September 5.