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Compared to the past four years, 2024 seems quiet regarding lack of a singular event causing shocks in the farm market and farm prices, according to USDA’s Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)
USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses how a quiet 2024 resulted in minimal shock in crop markets and little in price moderations over the course of the year.
A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes two, late Spring multi-day tornadic outbreaks. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)
A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes swings of drought coverage across the country throughout the year. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)
The recently released Census of Aquaculture provides details into the top selling types of seafood for 2023 and other sales data. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)
A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year late winter wildfires that impacted parts of Texas and Oklahoma. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.
In 2022, Dr. Engil Pereira, professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), participated in the E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at the National Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Packers & Stockyards rules are part of a suite of new policies to give farmers better insight into key aspects of the agricultural system, from genetic components and pricing of seeds they purchase, to livestock market rates, so they can achieve fairer returns and plan better for their businesses.