USDA RADIO NEWSLINE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011

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Items from Friday, May 20, 2011

 

 01. U.S. STILL TRYING TO GET BEEF EXPORTS UP TO PRE BSE LEVELS 

Duration :59

Close, but no cigar....that's the situation for U.S. beef exports as producers continue to try to get those sales up to what they were before BSE was discovered in the U.S. (Gary Crawford and Gerry Bange)

 02. BROILER INDUSTRY SET TO EXPAND 

Duration :54

The broiler industry has a number of reasons to be optimistic about the coming year. (Gary Crawford and Gerry Bange)

 03. RESTORING TEXAS COAST BIRD HABITAT

Duration :58

A Natural Resources Conservation Service program is helping restore migratory bird habitat in an area hit with various disasters. (Rod Bain and rice farmer Will Beaty)

 04. ACTUALITY: ON BENEFIT OF MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT INITIATIVE

Duration :15

Texas rice farmer Will Beaty explains how a Natural Resources Conservation Service program benefitted his operation as well as migratory bird species.

 05. ACTUALITY: ON REBIRTH OF WATER AND BIRD HABITAT

Duration 1:00

Texas rice farmer Will Beaty says the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative has had unexpected benefits for multiple species and his own property.

 06. CATTLE ON FEED REPORT HAS SOME SURPRISES

Duration 1:00

The latest USDA report on activity surrounding the nation's feedlots has a few surprises. (Gary Crawford and Shayle Shagam)

 07. ACTUALITY: A LOOK AT THE MAIN NUMBERS IN THE CATTLE ON FEED REPORT

Duration :50

Shale Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, commenting on some of the main numbers in the USDA's Cattle on Feed report.

 08. ACTUALITY: WHO'S MAKING MONEY AND WHO ISN'T IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS?

Duration :25

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with his take on just what sectors of the beef cattle industry are making money and what sectors are being squeezed.

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