Radio Newsline Archive

Groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday signaled the start of construction of a new USDA Agricultural Research Service and the University of Kentucky joint forage animal production research facility. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Precipitation is expected to be off and on the nex few days in a stretch from parts of the Pacific Northwest to the High Plains. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Parts of the Midwest and Northeast are the recipients of effects stemming from a high pressure ridge this week, yet some of those impacts are not beneficial. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

A tropical Southern Atlantic system is expected to combine with a weather disturbance over the Southeast this week but what might be the result weather-wise? Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.

What might the weather forecast look like for your region of the country this upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

The U.S. territory of Guam could see significant impacts from a tropical cyclone traveling through the Western Pacific. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says warm and wet seems to be the prevailing weather trends for the period of May 30 to June 5.

The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is working hard to have enough technical conservation experts on board to work with farmers on needed conservation plans and projects. (Gary Crawford and Terry Cosby, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service)

There are several possible reasons why the USDA's Farm Service Agency is having trouble recruiting and retaining employees at local county offices. (Gary Crawford and Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of the USDA's Farm Service Agency)

Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator of the USDA's Farm Service Agency, telling a House Ag. Subcommittee about efforts to help make credit more available to beginning farmers.