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The panel of experts are set for this year’s USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Plenary Panel – part of the Thursday morning kickoff session. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

This year’s USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum includes an on-site display of Department-supported innovation and technological research and projects. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Reducing pesticide use on turf lawns or golf course as a best management practice should be considered for the surprising number of pollinator insects found in such ecosystems. (Rod Bain and Terri Billeisen of North Carolina State University)

What are some ways pesticide application on turf lawns and golf courses can be minimized to protect pollinators and beneficial insects in such ecosystems? (Rod Bain and North Carolina State University entomologist Terri Billeisen)

What do some Cooperative Extension studies reveal about trends of agritourism on both a national, and a state-local level? (Rod Bain and Audrey Comerford of Oregon State University Extension)

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.