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What is the amount of enrolled acreage resulting from the recent USDA General Conservation Reserve Program sign-up? (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux discusses the conservation opportunities within the Conservation Reserve Program.

USDA is working to implement a multi-step effort designed to improve the accuracy of claims about how meat animals are raised. (Rod Bain and Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Sandra Eskin)

Here's the latest USDA assessment of the condition of the nation's pastures and rangelands. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Heavy rains in one of the world’s largest palm oil producing nations had USDA take notice in its June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski explains why palm oil is periodically covered in World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates, and what prompted its coverage in the June WASDE.

As dairy growers continue their recovery from economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agriculture Department is announcing a series of programs to assist while building future resiliency in dairy markets. Rod Bain looks at these offerings and how they can benefit the dairy industry in this...

Two USDA pilot crop insurance programs have been updated, including a revised closing sales date for policies. (Rod Bain and Risk Management Agency Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy)

Keeping a closer eye on the disease situation of animals may help give early warning about possible human health threats. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Dr. Mike Watson with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Risk Management Agency Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy discusses how input from policy holders led to updates with both the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage, and the Apiculture, Pilot Insurance Programs.