Growing Harvest Ag Network

USDA is purchasing U.S. pork for federal food assistance programs, a move welcomed by the National Pork Producers Council as hog producers face a challenging market.

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The Trump administration has announced a new plan aimed at lowering beef prices in the grocery stores, but the plan will negatively impact the farm economy. John Newton, the vice president of public policy and economic analysis at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the plan calls for importing a large volume of foreign beef.

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This Farm Talk segment is brought to you by North Dakota Corn. Steven Hansen is a corn grower from the Oakes area. Hansen shares with listeners his recent conversation with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Brian Nesvik. 

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Josh Linville, Vice President of Fertilizer at StoneX, talks more about the current fertilizer market.

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A growing appetite for pork is building momentum with consumers. Doctor Glynn Tonsor, an economist at Kansas State University, says the pork industry is turning appetites into action by making pork a favorite every day.

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This NDSU Ag Minute features NDSU Extension Agronomist Ana Carcedo. Carcedo highlights some of the important details when selecting soybean varieties. 

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The Agricultural Secretary and other stakeholders this week announced a new initiative to boost school nutrition and healthier meals through several key components.

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Spring wheat harvest is underway, and even wrapped up for some producers. Jim Peterson with the North Dakota Wheat Commission has the details on this year’s harvest.

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Nigeria is now open to U.S. beef and pork muscle cuts. As U.S. Meat Export Federation Africa Representative Matt Copeland explains, before the market access expansion facilitated by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, exports to Nigeria had been limited to a few processed items.

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Among the options producers and landowners have in the conservation toolbox - a USDA Wetland Mitigation Banking Program currently offering grants for accepted projects.  Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary Richard Fordyce provides details about the Wetlands Mitigation Banking Program and the current program sign-up.

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