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The first meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Committee on Cooperation in Agriculture in almost nine years recently occurred with the Agriculture Secretary among the participants. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The USDA has just approved hundreds of Renewable Energy for America projects. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA has just given the green light to more fertilizer production expansion projects. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Ten projects were awarded USDA grants designed to foster market development for organic agricultural products. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Lower domestic milk production both in 2023 and 2024 is expected to assist with higher prices in some product and class categories, per USDA’s latest forecasts. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski covers USDA's latest outlook for milk product and class prices.

The Agriculture Secretary discussed the purpose of his upcoming visit to Europe, and how it connects to issues of climate change. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Producers, as a whole, received slightly less in prices for their commodities in September compared to the previous month. (Rod Bain)

Recent grant awards to state agriculture departments are the latest steps in building upon a network designed to aid ag producers dealing with stresses. (Rod Bain and Brent Elrod of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture)

Brent Elrod of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture provides examples of state-led projects that were recently awarded grants under NIFA's Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.