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The Agriculture Secretary Thursday explained new proposals designed to benefit poultry producers in the marketplace. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Funding for lending programs for meat and poultry processors is one of the latest announced efforts to expand production capacity. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

After a successful first round of applications to USDA's new Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Initiative, submissions for a second round of funding will soon be due. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA's second quarter agricultural trade forecasts notes a significant increase in exports from the previous report, and another potential export record. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer talks about the contributions of North American trade partners in the latest increase in forecasted record agricultural exports.

Agricultural imports as well as exports increased in USDA's latest quarterly ag trade forecasts, but why? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Some Conservation Reserve Program landowners are eligible for a one-time flexibility being granted by USDA. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

The holidays can be a very stressful time, but there are ways to reduce that stress level. Gary Crawford talks with an expert on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Bradley Dirks, Kansas State University Extension behavioral health specialist.

The La Nina weather pattern is delaying the arrival of rains in the southwestern United States. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Stress can make a mess out of the holidays and one expert says most of that stress is self-induced. Gary Crawford has this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Bradley Dirks, Kansas State University Extension behavioral specialist.