Back to the past with the farm bill - Podcast for Sept. 14, 2012

In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss the wildfires threatening fields and timber around the apple capital of the world, how the expiration of the farm bill could set U.S. farm policy back more than sixty years, why Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. is facing the largest fine ever assessed for violating federal pesticide law, and why orchards in Idaho are turning to refugees to pick their crops.

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AgMinute for March 5, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new program to offer financial incentives for farmers to enroll up to 1 million new acres of grasslands and wetlands into the conservation reserve program.

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