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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Sabrina Halvorson”
Do you know a student with livestock experience? There’s a scholarship opportunity now open for students who wat to work with animals. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Purina Animal Health and the Land O’ Lakes Foundation have opened their joint scholarship program designed to assist students who have experience in agriculture and livestock production in pursuing their …
Congress couldn’t pass a farm bill in 2023, but will it happen this year? Congressman John Duarte, a Republican from California, is unsure if we will see it pass in 2024. That’s just one of the topics discussed in this week’s AgNet Weekly with Sabrina Halvorson. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina …
Finding new trade opportunities in South Korea. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Representatives from 49 U.S. companies and organizations are heading to Seoul, South Korea this month for an agribusiness trade mission. It’s led by USDA’s Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor who says she’s confident the mission will produce great results. South …
The United States is far behind other countries in the production of aquaculture. Americans are large consumers of seafood despite our need to import most of it, says Drue Winters with Stronger America through Seafood. “The U.S. is a net-importer of food in general. That statistic came out for the first time recently, but the U.S. imports somewhere between sixty …
U.S. rice growers are seeing a growing demand for their products. Gary Crawford has more in today’s This Land of Ours report. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here.
The USDA finalized a rule to align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the rule Monday at the National Farmer’s Union annual convention in Scottsdale, Arizona. “We are now on record as being for the utilization of that label only, only, when the animal was …
The House Agriculture Committee laid out a roadmap to relieve labor shortages that have seriously impacted America’s farmers and ranchers. The Agriculture Labor Working Group (ALWG) released its final report on how to improve the H-2A guest worker program. It includes more than 20 recommendations to streamline the program and make labor more affordable for farmers. “We’re losing American farms …
The difference between rural and urban is growing when it comes to disease mortality. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Over the last two decades, disease-related mortality rates have widened between rural and urban areas, especially for the prime working-age population, aged 25–54. Researchers with USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) compared natural-cause mortality in rural and urban areas …
Sabrina Halvorson stops by the National Sorghum Producers booth at the Commodity Classic and speaks with Executive Director Greg Ruehle. Topics include the Farm Bill and the benefits of sorghum. Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson is a 30-year media veteran known nationally for her award-winning, balanced, and accurate reporting. For more …
New Investments in clean energy. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Wednesday announced $2.3 billion in projects to expand clean power in rural communities. USDA is moving forward on clean energy investments in 23 states to reduce pollution and strengthen rural America’s power grid. The announcement includes the first five awards totaling $139 million …
