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The Agriculture Secretary Monday announced a new virtual center designed to expedite research on nutrition and its role in fighting diet-related chronic diseases like cancer. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Secretary Tom Vilsack explains what the newly announced ASCEND for Better Health Virtual Center hopes to accomplish through research into precision nutrition and better health outcomes.

The Agriculture Secretary says community engagement meetings will be conducted starting next month as part of efforts in improving nutrition and health outcomes for specific populations. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses existing USDA research and how it will play a part in a new virtual center discovering nutrition's role in preventing chronic diseases like cancer.

How has the war in Ukraine affected the 2022 income situation for U.S. farmers? (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Experts say the financial health of the nation's agricultural sector is the best it's been in years. (Gary Crawford. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer. Spiro Stefanou, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service)

Spiro Stefano, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service, with some signs of a healthier farm economy.

The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor sent U.S. farmers into production overdrive, helped by civilian victory gardens. (Gary Crawford, Anne Effland and former President Franklin Roosevelt)

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.