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World Food Prize week in Iowa culminated in Thursday award of what is considered the "Nobel Prize of Agriculture" to two advocates of plant genetic diversity and global seed banks. (Rod Bain. World Food Prize Ambassador Terry Branstad. 2024 World Food Prize recipients Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler...

What are some of the examples of state participation to develop an updated testing regime of milk for potential H5N1 contamination? (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack

The online registration page is now available for the Agriculture Department's 101st edition of its Ag Outlook Forum scheduled in late February. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski talks about planning session for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, scheduled for February 27 - 28.

What are the chances of food shoppers seeing a year of food price deflation? (Gary Crawford and Megan Sweitzer, USDA economist)

What are some of the travel and decoration logistics involved with this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree once it arrives in the lower 48 states from Alaska? (Rod Bain and Brandon Raile of the U.S. Forest Service)

Brandon Raile of the U.S. Forest Service discusses the population and land size of Alaska in connection with the production of 10,000 ornaments representing the state on the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree and other holiday trees in the Capitol region.

USDA's program that rewards use of cover crops by discounting crop insurance premiums is back for another year. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Marcia Bunger, Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency. Steve Peterson, Associate Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency)

Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger and Farm Service Agency Associate Administrator Steve Peterson, giving some signup information for the USDA program that gives crop insurance premium credits to farmers who put in cover crops.

Poultry producers tightening down on biosecurity as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is detected in flocks in Kentucky and Virginia. (Gary Crawford and Virginia turkey producer, David Hughes)