usda was up just 2%. the usda has got to do a little bit more work and find a few more bushels in nebraska. they have got a record con yield in nebraska. i don't think there's much question about that. we moved into iowa, wrapped up with roger and his crew coming in from the east. we finished up with a yield that was up 7.5% from a year ago, 181 bushels per acre. usda on august 1 was up 8.2%. you know what, that's close enough. you got to almost call that a match. usda was up 1.8%, ohio, i'll just hit that number for you here real quick, ohio was up 7.4% from a year ago, usda was up 22.2%, indiana was actually down 4%, usda was up 4% and illinois was basically steady with a year ago, usda has them down 2.2%. >> all increases except a couple. the eastern, was it all that good, roger? >> well i think when you look at that eastern crop, you know, ohio, we were in a crop last year that was really really far behind. so it was nice to see what we saw out there in those fields. maybe it's not home all the way by

the usda confirms a big crop waiting to be harvested. pro-farmer crop participants get ready to hit the road and check the field. >> and pork producers find the usda short when seeking aid. >> u.s. farm report brought to you by chevy, an american revolution. [ music ] . >> good morning. and welcome to u.s. farm report. i'm john fipps. the much anticipated august crop report was released this week and either market players are anticipated it accurately or we were all completely confused because the price action wasn't as furious as most of us expected. we will have our experts sort it out later. in what is becoming standard procedure problematic weather earlier in the season seems to be overcome by great effort and technology. the remaining risk is largely one of late planted crops racing the first frost. having driven around the midwest recently i have seen good crops and not so good but none that seem to be at the right staying for mid-august. my guess is farmers are not going to be great company for the next six weeks or. so let's get

those auditors are usda trained and the process we use is a usda certified audit process. members face penaltys if they are not in compliance up so and including dessert occasion from the program which can lead to serious significant economic repercussions for the company. from july 23rd of 2007, when we first began our auditing we've done over 1,000 government audits of our members. and those continue today, even as we speak. we all know that maintaining food safety vigilance is crucial to the future of the produce industry. and while there is still very much to do and we're not done, i believe that the leafy green's industry is doing more to proside a safe, wholesome delicious product now than they ever have before. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. horsefall. mr. coke, you may proceed for five minutes. thank you. >>> good afternoon, chairman and ranking member jordan. thank you for inviting me here today. i've been asked to address the impacts of california leafy green metrics on farming practices for growers in o california, it's estimated that the econo

but the usda is not going to come out with that number yet.e could get there. >> there are some farmers that will grow well over 200, maybe 250. but that's not going to be average all over the thing. but we need to look at this point, i want to move back because we get to everybody's frame of mind into what that report might do. now let's talk about what has been happening the last week. corn was roughed up, but soy beans went way up but then way back down. what is happening. >> i think there's a lot of influence from outside markets right now taking place in our area. we -- as andy just noted, people are pretty certain. we have an adequate size corn crop coming on stream. there's a little bit more uncertainty surrounding soy beans. and meanwhile the beans have got the stronger demand story today. >> yeah. >> and so particularly from the far east. and so there's a potential tightness that the market will not allow the bean price to weaken under until we know what the size of the crop is. that's why the beans are so liable to whip up and down.

iowa senator chuck is asking the usda to call 8 areas as disaster area. those counties stretch from sioux city. the state has been hit by three different hail storms this summer. jeff toured some of the fields during the crop tour. >> and here is another thing that not happens in a hail storm. you get this bruising. that's how severe this hail storm was. that's where hail stones hit on this ear. just pounded it. just pounded it. and that's -- that's severe bruising. this is -- this was -- it was a nice corn crop up here. it wasn't a great corn crop because we were getting a little dry, but doggone, now they're just trying to get what they can. >> despite the hail damage, the scouts say iowa will still have a big corn crop, assuming they have a normal finish to the season. >>> for wheat growers, the story is different. harvest season for the winter wheat crop is virtually complete. as of last weekend, the ago department reported that 89% of the crop had been harvested. some fields in idaho, washington, oregon and montana still need to be harvested. >>> now

the usda is saying that the strain of salmonella is resistant to many commonly prescribed drugs. >>> the first day of school is around the corner. and the government is telling the vetters how to deal with the swine flu. schools should only close this fall as a last resort. and they are saying that sick students can return to class 24 hours after their fever has subsided. >>> in hailing pollution from traffic is dangerous for children and adults. researchers looked at pollution and asthma. none of the participants had ever smoked. but over 11 years of follow-up, 41% developed asthma. >>> and news 13 wants to remind you of the great prostate challenge is around the corner. it is part of our continuing community commitment. >>> and check in with news 13 at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. now, the newsroom, with kai jackson. >> reporter: a 3-year-old girl poisoned and her prosecutors are saying that her own mother did it. >>> health club repage, three women dead, and nine more injured. >>> 99join us today after dr. phil. >>> all right, stay >>> all right, welcome back, and the five-day forecast,

. >>> meanwhile, signup deadline is drawing near for another usda program. you probably heard about the average crop revenue election or a. c. r. e. according to our, about 400 producers nationwide have signed up for a. c. r. e. which compares to 1.3 million contracts with the familiar dcp. noted ag economist from purdue university says if you have not signed up for the program, you might get it -- give it a second look. he says if corn dropped to $3 a bushel, a grower could see a payment under acre about 50 cents a bushel. under the direct counter cyclical program, it would onlyprotect farm fierce it dropped under $2.35 a. >>> scouts on the wheat quality council spring wheat tour found above average yields yields in week. it covered much of north dakota and neighboring states. the group says the spring bheeld wheat yield average this year is about 46.2 bushels an acre up 8 1/2 bushels from last year. the big concern is getting a late maturing crop to finish line. national biodiesel board is trying to make it easeiier for the nation's over the road truckers

that's want estimate from the usda of what a middle income two-parent household will spend in today's dollars. if you're high income, expect to spend nearly $367,000. by the way, none of this includes college costs. this is daunting. alfred, we were talking to a group in harlem a few months ago, and the thing that was crushing thing was the idea of college expenses. we're talking about a quarter million dollars almost before college. >> that quarter million dollars is the nonoptional portion. >> that's right. you have to feed your child and have a place to sleep. >> i always say to my kids, i need to give you the bill. none of my kids have children yet. think when you have a child, because it's daunting. >> i'm on the homestretch, man. my youngest is 17. >> one of the things is it depends on where you are, what your income is. the northeast urban centers like we all live in are amongst the most expensive. >> the usda will run them into an online tool. that be the most useful. you tell them where you live, is it urban or rural, what part of the country is it in. they give you a sense o

. >> rightm term is not regulated by the usda as it applies to cosmetics the same with produce. >> reporter: however organic is worth it when it comes to babies and their foods such as apple sauce or juice. >> talking about foods that have been condensed quite a bit. any pesticide residue we are concerned about on fruits or vegetables is going to be concentrated all that much more. >> reporter: organics are worth it when you purchase milk and eggs. consumers union says, as bigger players jump into organic marketing, it's more important than ever to understand the term and what's behind it. >> traditionally speaking, organic food is 50% more expensive. if you are watching your pennies, absolutely. >>ays to only buy organic when you need to. >> liz crenshaw, news 4. >>> if you are in the market for a job like so many in our country. you may want to check out a local company, hiring in our area. involved in genetics and cutting edge research. as kimberly suiters discovered you don't have to be a biotech expert to find a job. >> reporter: the tug-of-war. the ph is out of balance. the lesson is

according to the usda, blackbird management in north and south dakota has received over $1.2 millionr the past five years. $200,000 for washington state university to study goat grass. since 2003, $767,000 has been earmarked for goat grass research. $372,000 for the university of pennsylvania to study farm -- to study dairy farm profitability. if you're relying on a federally funded study to make your dairy farm profitable, you might want to find a new business plan because nearly $3.8 million has been earmarked for dairy farm profitability over the last ten years. dz 288,000 for -- $288,000 for the iowa soy bean association. over $300 million has been earmarked for the iowa soy bean association. $1 million for moran contradict control in -- cricket control in nevada. $260,000 for wine grape research at washington state university. according to washington state university's own website the wine industry generate generates $3 billion industry in their state so we're going to pour another $260,000 into it. $350,000 for the wisconsin department of agriculture to support the -- quote --

. >> reporter: out of hundreds of yeasts to choose from maybe three are considered usda approved organics chemistry, basically. >> reporter: their spirits don't go on sale until september. once the state approves their pricing and liquor store sales but there's also a bainbridge battle point whiskey waiting list >> they know it's going to be limited production. and they know that it's going to go fast. >> reporter: fast-selling but slow-sipping. family products that can be passed from generation to generation. now that's a bainbridge legacy. >> before develop organic liquor barnes spent years at his marketing firm promoting spirits and organic foods. >>> coming up next -- it turned into a case of who done it. what is it? police say they busted the chanel dress robber. how did they do it? dude, your shirt. oh, i did it to let the ladies know, i'm the right choice. i got the idea from general mills big g cereals. they put this white check at the top of every box to let people know their cereals have healthy whole grain so they're the right choice, like me. (announcer) general mills is the

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. >> cardio tennis is a usda activity which got us an award. >> the award is a major designation but the u.s. tennis association. this is an outstanding facility of the year for 2009. the facility has only been open for 1.5 years. the tennis director has been specifically picked to lead this operation. >> my goal is for them to learn to be the best players they can be. i want them to develop skills. we will have a nutritionist come in along with trainers. >> it has serious tennis players coming here to develop the skills and mentality it takes to get to the next level. the racquet club also had a junior team that did quite well. >> it is need to make everybody else and the players. >> this is one of the most competitive training facilities in the state. it means no more traveling to find the best coaches for this child. >> i can just train here instead of all over the place. >> may be some body could trains here could go on to be in the big time. >> hopefully someone will go on to win wimbledon. >> junior tournament tennis players are invited for an open tryout at the facility in sep

in 2001, usda spent $6 million on conferences. within five years, that went to $19 million. tripled it. what all this amendment says is 2010, nine years later, you can't spend more than double what you spent in 2001. that allows conferences to grow 11% a year. $12 million for conferences is a lot of money. that is less than the amount that they spent this last year. it's less than any amount they've spent since 2001, but it's still double what they'v ty spent in 2001. this amendment also requires an itemized expenditure on the conference, who the primary sponsor of the conference is, the cost efficiency of the location, the total number of individuals whose travel was paid for by the department and an explanation of how the conference advanced the mission -- how they agency advanced the mission by attending the conference. this is about transparency. you know, i've seen it quoted before, and i believe it is tr true: the greatest pleasure in the world is to spend somebody else's money. and what our agencies are doing in my instances is not being frugal with the tax dollars th

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or usda.verall we received positive feedback on the regulations.gov design and feature that were proposed for future iterations. we unveiled a new look and feel for the site. when that was first launched on the site, we got a lot of great feedback for that. just an overview of what we heard. most comments came in the area of navigation and useability. again, this first pie chart looks at the exchange, and then the second pie chart views some of the comments coming in for the ostp blog. about 15 or so comments harped on the fact that we needed to do a better job of educating members on the rule-making process and establishing an outreach place for that. i just have a lot few slides with screen shots of the regular laces.gov overhaul. this was deployed at the very end of july, july 25 in fact. it is a brand new look and feel. it is a streamlined view. we also wanted to bring some interactive functionality to the home page. so i will get to the next slide and sort of talk about that a little bit.

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there is no way you could have a public option without having a usda king along with european model, these types of health care plans. >> i'm being told we're out of time, but very quickly, tell me you have an amount of $4,000 as that is income bebt on the middle class on average. how did you come to that? >> what happens is companies have the option of dropping their plans and paying an 8% payroll tax. i believe they would do that because their health care bills are going up so fast, and they pay a lot of administrative costs. they drop their bill -- rather, their health care costs. the health care plan. they tax your wages. you take home a little bit more pay, but not much. they've got to go out and buy your own plan. plans are very expensive, and you are getting a very small subsidy if you are in the $80,000 and $90,000 and up range. you have to pay it out of your own pocket, and you'll be paying much more -- at least $4,000 -- than you are paying today. >> okay. it's a great article you have, and it helps -- there's a lot to iron out. editor at large of "fortune." thank you. >> t

. >> reporter: and getting even more expensive, according to a new report from the usda center for nutrition policy and promotion. researcherfound a mifalymihat earns less tn ha earns less than ar a yell will spend an agavere an average of $160,000 on one kid by the timeh id mie faa middle income family, that cost es to $20020 fo20higher income a oumips, falyfacould dish out up to $370,000 to raise one child. >> i wish i had known that before we had two, i guess. >> reporter: the single largest expense, housing. >> i think the second largest chunk, especially for working parents is day care. >> reporter: i think that's exactly right, along with food and education costs. what the study doesn't account for is college tuition. a thought many here and here don't even want to talk about. at least not until their child is driving. brittany moorhouse for 9news now and wusa9 tom. >> and even then you still don't want to talk about it. the study also found that the costs of raising a child are highest in the urban northeast part of the country, and they are the lowest in the urban south and rural are

. >> today the, usda what patentor brag which is devoted to plant etiology. >> ver very toxic to horses ands and other species, including humans. >> so toxic that he says don't flag dog trees if you have children or pets but again there is a flip side. >> this contains a compound called taxol, and taxol has been used for cancer chemotherapy for a number of years. >> fox glove produces digitalis, a heart medication. >> this is lupin, it has good nutrients. >> animals love eating it, the only trouble if they happen to be pregnant their babies will be born with serious deformities, a condition called crooked calf syndrome in cattle. in goats it causes cleft palate. >> the goats turn out to be a real good model because they are small enough we can do ultra sound on the mothers. >> which led to an amazing and promising discovery. >> all because of a plant that can be poisonous. >> researchers from the utah lab and plastic surgeons from the leahy clinic in boston found they could fix cleft palate by operating on the fetus inside the womb. >> what we have learned is that the fetus has the abil

goat is actually the number one consumed meat in the world, but less than 2% in the usa, according to usdain protein than beef, chicken, pork, or lamb. if you have had goat before, perhaps in mexico, and other mediterranean countries, but in those cases, it might be dairy goats. these goats are actually raised for their meat, and it is quite good. bill: william? what does it taste like? >> it tastes really good. what i had was not greasy, not gamey. the rancher has now turned his attention to these goats. we went to a high end restaurant the other night, we have go, and here is what they had to say. >> it tastes like red meat, but more lean. >> everything i love about land, but without the gaminess. >> it taste very mild and tender. >> you could have been raised, guerrilla, steamed, in stew, and it is good for you. bill: that is a good looking billy goat. you got through the entire segment without saying, it tastes like chicken. >> it does not taste like chicken. megyn: don't set they're putting that -- petting that goat and talk about how good it is. >> well, we are the help of a species

. >> reporter: a usda certified organic facility run by brothers rick and tom irver who have been dollars business for 40 years. >> i hated coffee. my first was raspberry mocha. >> now they're connoisseurs who understand the complexities of understanding balance and roast. >> you get very quick. you can do at least three or four cans per minute. >> reporter: but the moster important part is the taste. it's traded almost as heavily as oil and steel. the gwing popularity, a fair trade brews, is enabling the small farmers to gain some power in the marketplace and a guaranteed livelihood. sonya and the irver brothers lower the cost by bringing it to your grocer's shelves. it's all about following your passion to robtusobt nifish. nd t 4." or .">>ksin lneod t >> for links tohe the ever gree home grown coffee go to nbcwhington.com and search "going green." time now, 9:26. still ahead in our next half hour of "news 4 today," the weekend edition, we'll have the latest on a fire in their fhtigefe firefighters say wir pressure problems made it hard to maintain the flames. >>> plus a bair takes a di

make a better plan to integrate stafford act and other federal organizations including in many cases usda from the programs in the rural states and parts of states so that rather than creating new structures and mechanisms and the disaster we get what we are have. >> with those before not the temporary assistance but for ongoing assistance? >> yes, ma'am in many cases take hud, most of d.c. with the fema programs are short-term to buy time to get it there is not find to be housing at the end of the fema programs we are unable to get out of whatever programs they've got to recognize early in a disaster that the hsing that will be available at the end of the fema program would not be sufficient to provide the solution. >> so we hands of responsibility and pass a temporary to another federal agency to decide what role and was funds are appropriate, is that once you are advocating? >> yes madam chair, i was safe to approach of the sampling you want stafford act to be all these things the program is to grow and raise judges' that usually will be implemented until disaster. >> to reconsider thi

the existing usda rural utility service loan programs can't make loans to school districts or to indian reservations, such as the navajo projects that have been made in made made, or to off-grid utilities. and the program can only make loans for electricity programs, not for renewable energy projects to tie into grids. this is -- this is exceptionally important. the fact that the programs currently can only make those loans to -- to electricity programs and not the renewable energy programs. the program was authorized -- the high energy cost grant program was authorized by congress back in the 2000 rural electrification act simply because it covered a gap in existing programs that desperately needed to be filled. now, this amendment might not only kill this program in the future but it also might pull the rug out from under the projects that have expended funds and which have started and which are waiting for the federal funds to be delivered. this program actually lowers federal unemployment and economic assistance costs over time, because helping to reduce our energy costs is one of t

it is a very perverse -- it goes back to abraham lincoln, the usda. over time as programs were developed, they were added to the budget. host: let's get the george on the republican line from all i know. -- let's get george on the republican line, from ohio. guest: the question i -- caller: the question i had -- social security, medicare, and everything else. i think it is 2014 where it is supposed to be close to getting -- running out of money. there is going to be a 20% reduction in benefits. you also want 5 million from social security, which will be penalized on. in death, it will be more than 25%. what have they done as far as replacing the millions of dollars that they have taken from social security, to put in internal government fund? guest: you raise such an excellent point. instead of a big social security trust fund out there, it would be idle used --ious. do not throw something at your tv when i tell you this, but the democrat health care plan is designed to take more money from medicare, to the tune of $500 billion in cuts. they wl reduce

the amendment eliminates, as recommended by the president of the united states, the usda watershed andood prevention operations program also known as the small water shed program. this program is the perfect example of how reckless earmarking can devastate a well-intentioned government program. like the previous four presidents' budgets have proposed to terminate this account. four previous presidents because, and i quote -- i quote- "congress earmarked virtually all of this program in recent years. meaning that the agency is unable to prioritize projects on any merit-based criteria such as cost effectiveness. according to the congressional research service, the small watershed program was 97% earmarked in fiscal year 2009, which severely marginalized the u.s. department of agriculture's ability to evaluate and prioritize projects. a 2003 office of management and budget study that showed this program has a lower economic return than any other federal flood prevention programs, including those in the army corps of engineers and the federal emergency management agency. the onslaught of e

so the usda says you have to check with your grocery store if you have any questions about the beef that've already purchased. >>> new this morning, veflt o investigators working on the disappearance of madeleine mccann are looking into a woman who may have clues on the case. remember the three who disappeared in porlt gallon in 1997? a new witness said he talked to a mysterious woman around the time of madeleine's disappearance and she may have some info. they describe her as a victoria beckham look-alike. >>> the man who police say opened fire on an aerobics class tuesday talked about being rejected by women in his blog. he said even though his victims were random, he wanted young women to pay. >> mr. sodini had this intent to do this harm to these individuals. he had no relationship with anybody in that club that we know of. he went in the club and just opened up firing and ultimately shot 12 people. >> well, pliolice say sodini committed suicide after killing three people in the l.a. fitness club in pittsburgh. nine others were injured. the instructor's baby was not hamp harmed. she

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it is a very perverse -- it goes back to abraham lincoln, the usda.ver time as programs were developed, they were added to the budget. host: let's get the george on the republican line from all i know. -- let's get george on the republican line, from ohio. guest: the question i -- caller: the question i had -- social security, medicare, and everything else. i think it is 2014 where it is supposed to be close to getting -- running out of money. there is going to be a 20% reduction in benefits. you also want 5 million from social security, which will be penalized on. in death, it will be more than 25%. what have they done as far as replacing the millions of dollars that they have taken from social security, to put in internal government fund? guest: you raise such an excellent point. instead of a big social security trust fund out there, it would be idle used --ious. do not throw something at your tv when i tell you this, but the democrat health care plan is designed to take more money from medicare, to the tune of $500 billion in cuts. they will reduce

. >> i am with the usda.trying to set up the best practices and notices, for what you are talking about. this is a waste of time because everyone else has done this. is there some way to share the information on the work that you have already done? >> we will give you the web site. >> have you been looking at second life as a possible -- a social network? >> actually i did this and i signed in, and i have not done this to much. i understand that there is a significant opportunity for that, and i will tell you this. the notion of expanding the technology beyond what i talked about and moving to spacial representation, three- dimensional representation, i think that there is a potential benefit, but we have not extended the journey that far. i looked at this as an individual. where i see the potential is visualizing the space, where we have the operations going on. we stimuli -- we simulate the offshore situations and we have very serious computer models so if someone makes a distress call -- we can do a drift

is from the department of agriculture, served in afghanistan, is part of a totally integrated aid-usdaam that works with us on agriculture. the other member, beth, is sitting here. otto, your honor. -- you are on. >> afghanistan is a country were eight out of 10 people are involved in agriculture. it is a sector that was devastated by a quarter century of war, both physically and institutionally. we can succeed in afghanistan -- we cannot succeed in afghanistan if the afghan people are not successful with agriculture. we really spend more on trying to eradicate poppy than we did on trying to promote agriculture. we remedy that with a new strategy, the agriculture assistance strategy, that is all the resources to -- fully resourced and aligned with the afghan government. all the main actors in agriculture in afghanistan from our government, the u.s. department of agriculture, u.s. agency for international development, where my colleague is from, the u.s. military on the provincial reconstruction teams, the army national guard, and also the ministry of agriculture of afghanistan, were al

applause] >> and now as i say for something really different, andy, with the graduate school formally the usdaaduate school had a conflict that come up today for those of you who know andy that would not prevent him from being in two places at once and being at a gov 2.0 event. we're going to do something a little bit different here. we have andy with us via video. and here he is. as soon as i allow his content because of the security risk. yes. yes for andy because we trust him. >> please allow me to thank ken fisher for his invitation to join me today. in particular i appreciate his openness to the possibility of appearing by video this morning since i am moderating a panel tonight that includes two of our local congressmen representative price and representative miller here in durham where i reside. it's not a town hall meeting on healthcare so i and the congressman should make it out without needing to dodge a verbal barrage. the topic is much less controversial. why foreign aid is important to you. now that should be an easy sell in this economic environment. wish me luck. as an aside i'm

make a better plan to integrate stafford act and other federal organizations, including in many cases usda from the programs they have in the rural state and rule parts of states so that rather than creating new structures and mechanisms in a disaster, we look at what we already have -- >> with this before, not the temporary assistance but for ongoing assistance. >> yes, ma'am. in many cases, let's take a few deep. most of what of what you see with enough programs are very short-term to buy us time. yet if there is not going to be housing at the end of the fema programs, we are unable to get out of a temporary program. so you need to recognize early in a disaster that the housing that will be available at the end of the fema program would not be sufficient to provide -- >> so you would hand off responsibility, pass the temporary period to another federal agency to decide what role and what funds are appropriate, is that what you are advocating? >> yes. i would say that if you approach it from the standpoint you want the stafford act to try and be all of these things, that program needs to

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