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IFBF Podcast: New Packers and Stockyard Act means changes

Idaho Farm Bureau's Podcast

English - June 16, 2021 02:00 - 7 minutes - 5.49 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratings
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Changes could be in store for the Packers and Stockyards Act. Chad Smith has more on what the USDA’s recent announcement might mean for agriculture.

On the same issue, let's listen to the USDA’s slant on the same story with Secretary Tom Vilsack:

Always interesting to get another slant on the same story…This next story is of interest to all the farmers that want to move land into CRP. There’s going to be a change.   

Changes to two Conservation Reserve Program sign-ups have been announced, including dates for the current General sign-up and upcoming CRP Grasslands acreage enrollment. Rod Bain has more:

The University of Idaho and the Wheat Commission have signed a licensing agreement for a new variety of wheat…

I was in Moscow for the historic signing event:

So, some excitement there…Thanks for joining us this week on the Idaho Farm Bureau Podcast. If you have a story idea, get ahold of me at [email protected] and I'll come out do a story with you. For the Voice of Idaho Ag. I'm Jake Putnam