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In the wake of highly pathogenic avian influenza being found in U.S. wild birds, poultry producers are asked to be on alert. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Dr. Julianna Lenoch and Dr. Jack Shere, both with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

USDA'S avian influenza surveillance of wild bird populations is one key to giving poultry producers an early warning that the virus is here. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Julianna Lenoch with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Construction is planned for additional meat processing facilities nationwide, but what does that mean for short term, as well as future, capacity? (Rod Bain and Lee Reichmuth)

Each year Americans throw out or waste an estimate 161 billion dollars worth of food, but there's a effort to reduce that. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The latest USDA Agricultural Prices Report reflects producers as a whole receiving more for their commodities in June. (Rod Bain)

USDA's Risk Management Agency announced funding for projects emphasizing risk management education and training, with emphasis on underserved populations. (Rod Bain and RMA Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy)

Risk Management Agency Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy discusses past and present efforts of his agency to support risk management education and training.

Homeowners in homes financed through USDA now have more time to work things out before they can be evicted. (Gary Crawford and President Joe Biden)

Several people nominated for positions as Agriculture Department Under Secretaries are currently in various stages of the confirmation process. (Rod Bain. Former U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small. USDA Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Climate Advisor Robert Bonnie.)

If you got a USDA yield survey, you were not chosen at random. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)