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A long-time agricultural advisor notes some of the challenges involved in crafting Farm Bills, including one for approval sometime this year. (Rod Bain and Mary Kay Thatcher)

The Agriculture Secretary has nominated the current Deputy Under Secretary for USDA's Food Nutrition and Consumer Services to that mission area's top role - Under Secretary. (Rod Bain and Stacy Dean)

Food shoppers this year may see prices rising more than had been projected previously. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan)

Matt MacLachlan, USDA economist, explaining some of the factors at work in USDA's new 2023 forecast for grocery store food price inflation.

Matt MacLachlan, USDA economist, talking about the new, higher, USDA price forecast for all food, which is a combination of grocery store and restaurant food prices.

Matt MacLachlan, USDA economist, with the latest projection for 2023 price inflation for foods consumed away from home.

Extreme drought conditions in various wheat growing regions are contributing to lower wheat production forecasts compared to the previous year. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA's quarterly stock forecasts revealed a surprise regarding ending stocks for corn and soybeans, compared to industry projections. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

There is more than one reason for encouraging climate-smart agriculture. (Gary Crawford and Sec'y Tom Vilsack)

USDA's latest Agricultural Prices report indicates producers of most commodities noticed an increase in what they received pricewise compared to the previous month. (Rod Bain)