Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., "Educational programs of the Department of Agriculture were carried to millions of farm listeners in their homes during the last year by 149 broadcasting stations cooperating with the department. The stations devoted in the aggregate more than 1,000 hours each month to broadcasting information from the department."
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., National School of the Air to open October first - courses include lectures on important phases of farming industry.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., A representative of the Federal Radio Commission, Sam Pickard, argues that the farmer and the small town listeners are entitled to good radio.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Senator Arthur Capper suggests that farmers are getting more than anybody from the radio. Cites the new USDA National Farm Radio School as an example.
Communications resource preferences among employees of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in risk-intense settings.
Via Lexis-Nexis. 2 pages., Describes the government's new food guide system, MyPyramid. "The site was so overwhelmed with users yesterday - an estimated 5.4 million per hour, according to the USDA - that many people were unable to access it."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23214
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Associate Press Online via Lexis-Nexis. 2 pages., Report on the new food pyramid introduced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Internet users have visited the site an estimated 670 million times in the past three months."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23811
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"Friday Edition" via Poynteronline. 2 pages., Reports on coverage by a National Public Radio reporter of fraudulent claims by crop producers against the federal crop insurance program.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24113
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Gallup Poll Social Series - Governance. Via Gallup Brain. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the work is doing, as related to agriculture and farming.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20476
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Pages 79-94 in Joe Smith (ed.), The Daily Globe: environmenal change, the public and the media. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 263 pages.
