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USDA is playing a role in showcasing our nation's food and agriculture at the USA Pavilion in Qatar during this year's World Cup soccer tournament. (Rod Bain and Lucas Blaustein of the Foreign Agricultural Service)

U.S. Agricultural Attache to Qatar Lucas Blaustein discusses some of the partnerships bringing educational opportunities about U.S. food and agriculture production at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Lucas Blaustein of the Foreign Agricultural Service explains the opportunity the USA Pavilion at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar provides to grow potential ag and food export markets in the Middle East and North Africa.

A decade ago Christmas tree growers were worried about the long term future of their industry. Today that worry is changing into optimism. (Gary Crawford. Tim O'Connor, Executive Director of the Nationial Christmas Tree Association and some Christmas tree buyers)

How will the new American Jobs Plan help rural communities? (Stephanie Ho and President Biden)

Corn markets got a surprise in USDA's Prospective Plantings Report. (Gary Crawford. Lance Honig with USDA's Ag. Statistics Service and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Farmers intend to boost soybean acreage this year, but not by as much as many had expected. (Gary Crawford. Lance Honig with USDA's Ag. Statistics Service and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA is reporting more winter wheat acreage than had been expected. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, with the planting intentions totals for the 22 principal crops.

Wednesday's USDA report on planting intentions may cause a lot of head scratching by market analysts. it was full of surprises. (Gary Crawford, USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer and Clara Peller).