USDA Down To Earth
Summary: A podcast about some of the activities and events at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
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- Artist: USDA Office of Communications
- Copyright: Copyright 2013 The United States Department of Agriculture Office of Broadcast Media and Technology. All rights reserved.
Podcasts:
A U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher is studying ways to control bed bugs. The USDA’s Bob Ellison has more.
A USDA initiative along Florida’s Gulf Coast is helping farmers there make land improvements to help prevent runoff and erosion from ultimately reaching the Gulf.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in South Dakota talking about the need to improve childhood nutrition and access to healthy food.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a South Carolina audience that more has to done to help economically challenged rural areas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and retired Vice Admiral Richard Mayo say U.S. military readiness is being undermined by too many young people being unfit to serve.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told an audience in Portland, Maine that there’s been progress in promoting healthy eating for children, but that the job isn’t done yet.
USDA researchers are studying ways to make crops more disease resistant.
A USDA meteorologist says drought-wise the nation as whole is doing better than at this time last year.
USDA’s chief economist says U.S. crop production should increase in 2013 and that could lead to lower prices for farmers
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum that many of the risks faced today by U-S agriculture are man-made, but are resolvable.
A USDA initiative along the Gulf of Mexico is helping farmers there improve water quality, reduce soil erosion and enhance wildlife habitat on their agricultural land. Farmers carry out conservation practices that prevent nutrients and sediment from entering nearby lakes and streams that ultimately reach the Gulf.
Two USDA reports say U.S. agriculture and forest management will have to adapt to climate change and that some of those efforts are already underway.
A USDA researcher is working to help farmers with timely and proper fungicide application.
A USDA economist says the persistent drought in the Midwest will lead to higher than normal food price inflation for the rest of the year.
An innovative USDA initiative along the Gulf of Mexico is helping farmers in Mississippi’s coastal counties prevent sediment and nutrients from washing into nearby waterways that drain into the Gulf.
