K2 Radio » U.S. Department of Agriculture http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Fri, 24 May 2013 02:28:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Regional Drought Response, Hindered By Lack Of Farm Bill http://k2radio.com/regional-drought-response-hindered-by-lack-of-farm-bill/ http://k2radio.com/regional-drought-response-hindered-by-lack-of-farm-bill/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:17:32 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=172832 Agricultural producers at a regional USDA meeting on drought complained to U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack that lack of a farm bill is complicating response to the ongoing disaster. Vilsack was at the first regional drought response meeting held in Omaha on Tuesday,

"There is a uniform agreement here that we need a farm bill and we need the tools that a farm bill would provide in more comprehensively responding to a disaster circumstance

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]]> http://k2radio.com/regional-drought-response-hindered-by-lack-of-farm-bill/feed/ 0 Getty Images Drought Effect On Food Prices Yet To Come http://k2radio.com/drought-effect-on-food-prices-yet-to-come/ http://k2radio.com/drought-effect-on-food-prices-yet-to-come/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:48:53 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=133549 The latest consumer price index shows a tiny hike in overall food prices last month.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Price Economist, Ricky Volpe says the drought won't effect prices for another two to three months

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]]> http://k2radio.com/drought-effect-on-food-prices-yet-to-come/feed/ 0 David McNew/Getty Images Beekeeper Survey Shows Drop In Colony Loss Last Winter http://k2radio.com/beekeeper-survey-shows-drop-in-colony-loss-last-winter/ http://k2radio.com/beekeeper-survey-shows-drop-in-colony-loss-last-winter/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:45:19 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=96314 Bee keepers noticed a slow down in bee colony loss this last winter. Losses were around 20 percent as compared to 30 percent over the last few winters.

Agriculture officials say that's an improvement, but it's too soon to say if it's a trend toward bee colony health

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]]> http://k2radio.com/beekeeper-survey-shows-drop-in-colony-loss-last-winter/feed/ 0 Matt Cardy/Getty Images Steer Price Forecast, This Year And Next http://k2radio.com/steer-price-forecast-this-year-and-next/ http://k2radio.com/steer-price-forecast-this-year-and-next/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:30:21 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=92488 Beef cattle prices are high right now, but not quite as high as had been expected.

U. S. Department of Agriculture  Outlook Chairman, Gerry Bange says beef processors are complaining of negative processing margins, so they aren't bidding as high for cattle

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]]> http://k2radio.com/steer-price-forecast-this-year-and-next/feed/ 0 Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Agricultural Child Labor Law Open For Comment http://k2radio.com/agricultural-child-labor-law-open-for-comment/ http://k2radio.com/agricultural-child-labor-law-open-for-comment/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:19:05 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=85816 Proposed changes to U.S. agricultural child labor laws are open for comment by the U.S. Department of Labor. Comments are being taken on a reinterpretation of the parental exemption.

Michael Hancock with the labor department says the changes identify areas in agriculture where children should not be employed such as operating certain heavy equipment or handling pesticides

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]]> http://k2radio.com/agricultural-child-labor-law-open-for-comment/feed/ 0 Jeff T. Green/Getty Images Chinese Demand For U.S. Meats Expected To Impact Market http://k2radio.com/chinese-demand-for-u-s-meats-expected-to-impact-market/ http://k2radio.com/chinese-demand-for-u-s-meats-expected-to-impact-market/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:35:12 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=83044 China's growing middle class seems to have a growing taste for U.S. beef, pork and poultry.

William Westman, of the American Meat Institute suggests when China officially opens its market to the United States it will have a big impact on world markets

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]]> http://k2radio.com/chinese-demand-for-u-s-meats-expected-to-impact-market/feed/ 0 William Thomas Cain/Getty Images USDA Investigates Fake Letters http://k2radio.com/usda-investigates-fake-letters/ http://k2radio.com/usda-investigates-fake-letters/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:58:49 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=81038 Fraudulent letters to agricultural producers have been circulating lately. They purport to be from the U. S. Department of Agriculture and ask for personal information, including social security number

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]]> http://k2radio.com/usda-investigates-fake-letters/feed/ 0 USDA photo by Lance Cheung Ag Update: Developments On The BSE And Trade Front http://k2radio.com/ag-update-developments-on-the-bse-and-trade-front/ http://k2radio.com/ag-update-developments-on-the-bse-and-trade-front/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:28:47 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=74449 The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to adopt world wide standards for the import of beef when it comes to concerns about BSE or what's commonly known as mad cow disease.

U.S.D.A, Chief Veterinarian, Dr

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]]> http://k2radio.com/ag-update-developments-on-the-bse-and-trade-front/feed/ 0 Scott Olson, Getty Images Plant Hardiness Map, Online And Warmer http://k2radio.com/plant-hardiness-map-online-and-warmer/ http://k2radio.com/plant-hardiness-map-online-and-warmer/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:53:58 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=68770 Plant hardiness zones have been adjusted and the map used to track what to grow and when has been updated. The new version of the USDA's Plant Hardiness Zone Map is now available on the web.

"The new map takes the form of an interactive geograph

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]]> http://k2radio.com/plant-hardiness-map-online-and-warmer/feed/ 0 Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Food Price Inflation Hits Consumers Hardest At The Grocers http://k2radio.com/food-price-inflation-hits-consumers-hardest-at-the-grocers/ http://k2radio.com/food-price-inflation-hits-consumers-hardest-at-the-grocers/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:48:01 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=52971 With just days left until the end of 2011 the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that food prices this year went up about 3.5 percent. Ag Department Economist, Ricky Volpe, says prices for foods eaten at restaurants went up about 2 percent while foods bought at the grocery store shot up much more

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]]> http://k2radio.com/food-price-inflation-hits-consumers-hardest-at-the-grocers/feed/ 0 David McNew/Getty Images High Prices Tempt Cattle Producers To Sell Breed Stock http://k2radio.com/high-prices-tempt-cattle-producers-to-sell-breed-stock/ http://k2radio.com/high-prices-tempt-cattle-producers-to-sell-breed-stock/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:45:10 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=52582 Cattle producers are wrestling with whether to hold back female breeding stock or sell at current high prices. That according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam who says many producers are choosing to sell, but there are multiple factors involved in the decision

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]]> http://k2radio.com/high-prices-tempt-cattle-producers-to-sell-breed-stock/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Pearl Harbor Attack Spurred Farmers To Produce More [AUDIO] With Less http://k2radio.com/pearl-harbor-attack-spurred-farmers-to-produce-more-audio-with-less/ http://k2radio.com/pearl-harbor-attack-spurred-farmers-to-produce-more-audio-with-less/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:21:00 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=46950 The attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago sent U.S. farmers into production overdrive, helped by civilian victory gardens...K2 Radio's Karen Snyder shares this listen back to the infamous day from the perspective of the U

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]]> http://k2radio.com/pearl-harbor-attack-spurred-farmers-to-produce-more-audio-with-less/feed/ 0 Getty Images Cattle Prices Up, But So Are Producer's Costs http://k2radio.com/cattle-prices-up-but-so-are-producers-costs/ http://k2radio.com/cattle-prices-up-but-so-are-producers-costs/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:54:53 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=44049 Strong demand for a shrinking supply of beef is keeping prices high for producers.

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]]> http://k2radio.com/cattle-prices-up-but-so-are-producers-costs/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images What's Behind The Price For Your Thanksgiving Bird http://k2radio.com/whats-behind-the-price-for-your-thanksgiving-bird/ http://k2radio.com/whats-behind-the-price-for-your-thanksgiving-bird/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:56:56 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=41320 U.S consumers are eating more turkey throughout the year. It use to be something folks saved for the holiday season, but that's changed.

"It's all the turkey breasts, turkey luncheon meats, turkey hams, that get sold throughout most of the year

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]]> http://k2radio.com/whats-behind-the-price-for-your-thanksgiving-bird/feed/ 0 Getty Images USDA Says Japan May Drop U.S. Beef Ban http://k2radio.com/usda-says-japan-may-drop-u-s-beef-ban/ http://k2radio.com/usda-says-japan-may-drop-u-s-beef-ban/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:03:52 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=38332 Last month Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, announced his upcoming trade visits to China and Vietnam with part of his agenda focused on increasing beef trade with both of those Asian nations.

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]]> http://k2radio.com/usda-says-japan-may-drop-u-s-beef-ban/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images Food Prices Just Keep Going Up http://k2radio.com/food-prices-just-keep-going-upxpensive/ http://k2radio.com/food-prices-just-keep-going-upxpensive/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:18:30 +0000 Karen Snyder http://k2radio.com/?p=24814 No break in rising food prices for 2012  according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Food Price Economist, Ricky Volpe,  says inflation rates are slowing, but most prices continue to increase

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