AgNet News Hour, Thursday, 02-13-25

In this episode, Sabrina Halvorson and Lorrie Boyer discuss the Farm Bill, emphasizing the importance of specialty crops. They highlight priorities set by the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, including expanding the fruit and vegetable snack program to all states, establishing a specialty crop research initiative, increasing state-level grants for specialty crops, enhancing trade assistance, and investing in prevention and mitigation programs for invasive pests and diseases. The discussion underscores the need for more funding and prioritization of agricultural research to stay competitive globally, particularly against countries like China. The episode wraps up with this week’s Almond Update and interviews from the World Ag Expo.