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What were among the highlights from a recently concluded agricultural trade mission to the Philippines? (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley discusses two signed Memorandums of Understanding between U.S. and Phillipine ag and education entities during a recent USDA-led ag trade mission to that nation.

A U.S. commodity trade organization is providing ethanol research to a Philippine university – an example of similar sharing of renewable fuel information with interested nations. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

That heat dome that hit Western Europe this pas week has moved in over parts of Eastern Europe. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Eric Luebehusen)

USDA's new cattle report points to a continued reduction in the beef herd for some time to come. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with a few of the many numbers in USDA's Cattle Inventory Report.

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying that forage supplies from now and into the fall will be a major factor cattle producers will consider in making future expansion or contraction plans.

Producers on average received more price-wise for their commodities in March, as revealed in the latest Agriculture Department Ag Prices Report. (Rod Bain)

The proposed American Families Plan would protect most farmers from big capital gains taxes. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying that the American Families Plan has no changes to current farm estate tax rules.