Assess Your Wildfire Risk
The U.S. Forest Service has provided an updated Wildfire Risk Map, leveling the playing field for rural communities unable to conduct their own risk assessments.
The online map indicates one-third of all Americans live in counties with high wildfire risk.
Headwater Economics says many states in the south and southeast have wildfire risk, and western states like Oregon and Washington have a higher risk than previously thought.
The Biden Administration has given grants to help equip communities with heightened levels of risk.
Check It Out
Update on the Smokehouse Creek Fire
It has been four months since the Smokehouse Creek Fire burned more than one million acres in the Texas panhandle.
That fire is now believed to have caused $123 million in damage—nearly half of that from infrastructure.
A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist believes more than 12,000 cattle were lost, but that number could grow if producers see long-term effects on surviving cattle.
Here are the top agriculture news headlines from RFD-TV News today (Monday, March 24, 2025) and the top trending stories on RFD-TV News.
March 24, 2025 11:23 AM
·
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) appointed Dr. Jaye L. Hamby as the new Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
March 21, 2025 04:07 PM
·
Here are the top agriculture news headlines from RFD-TV News today (Friday, March 21, 2025) and the top trending stories on RFD-TV News.
March 21, 2025 01:33 PM
·
Here are the top agriculture news headlines from RFD-TV News today (Thursday, March 20, 2025) and the top trending stories on RFD-TV News.
March 20, 2025 02:48 PM
·
Here are the top agriculture news headlines from RFD-TV News today (Wednesday, March 19, 2025) and the top trending stories on RFD-TV News.
March 19, 2025 12:56 PM
·
In a call with reporters on Tuesday, RFD-TV News reporter Lily Raby asked Senate Ag Committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for his opinion on Des Moines school leaders’ decisions to halt ag education programs, which also threatens the future of the city’s FFA chapter.
March 18, 2025 11:40 AM
·
Here are the top agriculture news headlines from RFD-TV News today (Monday, March 17, 2025) and the top trending stories on RFD-TV News.
March 17, 2025 12:11 PM
·
Trinity Barth and Liliann Tjaden-Duff joined us on Market Day Report to express their concerns about the future of the program that has, for 50 years, given students of all backgrounds a path to agriculture careers.
March 14, 2025 01:14 PM
·
