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USDA's Prospective Plantings report has surprised a lot of people. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Gary Crawford has some highlights from Thursday's USDA Prospective Plantings Report.

There were few, if any, real surprises in Thursday's USDA report on grain stocks.

The grain market's reaction to USDA's surprising planting intentions report could perhaps change the planting plans of some producers...maybe. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Livestock producers in a USDA disaster assistance program should soon receive payments to cover increased supplemental feed costs. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow)

Farm Service Agency Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow discusses the details of the first phase of the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program.

Farm Service Agency Deputy Administrator Scott Marlow explains how the new Emergency Livestock Relief Program is tied to an existing disaster assistance program for livestock producers.

Producers as a whole, and crop producers specifically, received higher prices for most of their commodities in February, (Rod Bain)

Corn and soybean markets are reacting to lower-than-expected planted acres numbers in USDA's Acreage report. (Gary Crawford. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer. Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, with an overview of the acreage numbers for soybeans.