Former Ag Secretary's Tragedy & Dairy Gets Boost
Former Ag Secretary’s Tragedy & Dairy Gets Boost plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.
The Obama Administration has responded to requests to improve the income level of our nation’s dairy farmers.
VILSACK: Taking a look at the milk payments and maybe potentially increasing the support levels.
On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the amount paid for dairy products through the Dairy Product Price Support Program will be increased for the next three months. USDA estimates show that these increases, which will be in place from August 2009 through October 2009, will increase dairy farmers' revenue by 243-million dollars.
Former Ag Secretary John Block’s son Hans was killed in a traffic accident last Friday evening. The younger Block was riding a motorcycle that was involved in an accident with a car in
Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.
This is your brain when you eat meat; this is your brain with a meatless diet. Can’t see it? That’s because it’s so much smaller!
Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Northwest Ag Information Network.