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Producers are receiving a USDA survey on agricultural activity and basic farm information that serves as a pre-cursor to the Census of Agriculture. (Rod Bain and Cathy Scherrer of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Cathy Scherrer of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses the National Agricultural Classification Survey, a pre-survey connected to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, due by January 24th.

Nineteen projects nationwide are recipients of the latest round of USDA Conservation Innovation Grants. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby)

Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby discusses one of the nineteen projects awarded Conservation Innovation Grant funding as an example of how the program works.

If you are sending or receiving holiday cards this season, you are part of a 178 year-old tradition---a tradition even if the card is sent electronically. (Gary Crawford and Anne Effland, USDA history expert)

Two USDA programs involved in foreign market development for ag exports recently awarded funding to commodity and trade organizations to continue trade building efforts overseas. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitney)

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitney offers an example of how USDA Foreign Market Development Programs work to open and expand export markets and bring increased income to the farm economy.

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitney explains the connection between USDA Foreign Market Development Programs and increased, even record setting, U.S. ag exports.

The USDA is in the final stages of making changes to crop insurance rules for apple growers. (Gary Crawford and Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger)

Marcia Bunger, Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency, outlining some of the proposed changes to crop insurance rules for apples.