Analyst says there are several reasons why most farmers did not rush to sign up their 2009 crops in the new ACRE program. ( Gary Crawford and Carl Zulauf)
Analyst says the crops with the greatest percentage of their base acres enrolled in the new ACRE program are not corn and such, but crops with less history with support programs. ( Gary Crawford and Carl Zulauf)
Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University agricultural economist, saying no one is able to predict how many producers will end up going with the new ACRE program because farmers have never had a real choice before.
Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University agricultural economist, saying that many farmers will take another year to study the new ACRE program before signing up.
More Texas counties received primary natural disaster area designations from USDA this week for drought related problems to crops and livestock. (Rod Bain and Craig Trimm of Farm Service Agency)
Craig Trimm of Farm Service Agency explains USDA's recent announcements of emergency natural disaster areas in Texas plagued by drought the last two years.
Emergency natural disaster declarations for some South Texas ag producers came from a long drought, despite rains that finally fell this fall. (Rod Bain and Meteorologist Brad Rippey)
The Agriculture Department has added another thousand biobased products to the list for Federal procurement preference. ( Gary Crawford and Ron Buckhalt)
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