Mexico is the number two foreign customer for U.S. food and farm products, but sales are dropping this year because of the economic slowdown. On this edition of Agriculture USA, Gary Crawford takes a look at the problems facing the Mexican economy and how that is affecting U.S. food and farm businesses.
PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. President Barack Obama. U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Counselor in Mexico, Allan Mustard.
Features such as Flickr and Facebook are now on USDA's Rural Tour website to increase the range of public comment on rural issues. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Acting Director of New Media Amanda Eamich
Food shoppers are finding many major food products at grocery stores are selling for less than last year. Gary Crawford has more.
PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. President Barack Obama. USDA economist, Ephriam Leibtag.
The Agriculture Secretary wants to change how our forest lands are protected and managed. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
USDA wants struggling farmers and rural businesses to know there may be help for those with federal farm and rural loans. Rod Bain reports.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain Chris Beyerhelm of Farm Service Agency. Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager
How have changes in federal estate tax rules impacted farmers over the last decade? A new study has some answers. Rod Bain has this report.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Ron Durst of USDA's Economic Research Service
Soon consumers will see special labels on certain non food products indicating that they are renewable biobased products. Gary Crawford has more.
PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Ron Buckhalt, USDA BioPreferred Program.
A new series of cropland data layers, a.k.a. maps, is now available, including first time coverage of new areas of the country. Rod Bain has more.
PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Audra Zakzeski of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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