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USDA is making changes to boost equity and fair treatment. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A Wisconsin meat processing facility will soon expand thanks to a recent USDA grant award, but what might this mean both for the business and the community it serves? (Rod Bain. Under Secretary Basil Gooden. Meat processing operator Brandon Clare.)

Wisconsin meat processor Brandon Clare discusses the economic and service benefits a recent USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Project grant will have for growing his operation and serving his community.

A panel at the 2024 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum featured former Department Chief Economic Advisors – some predating the current Chief Economist position. (Rod Bain. Former Assistant Secretaries of Economics Robert Thompson and Dan Sumner)

An expert says if you are over 65 years of age, many phone and online scammers may be targeting you. Gary Crawford has this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Barbara Stockebrand, Extension educator at Kansas State University.

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.