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What were among the highlights from a recently concluded agricultural trade mission to the Philippines? (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley discusses two signed Memorandums of Understanding between U.S. and Phillipine ag and education entities during a recent USDA-led ag trade mission to that nation.

A U.S. commodity trade organization is providing ethanol research to a Philippine university – an example of similar sharing of renewable fuel information with interested nations. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

That heat dome that hit Western Europe this pas week has moved in over parts of Eastern Europe. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Eric Luebehusen)

USDA's new cattle report points to a continued reduction in the beef herd for some time to come. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with a few of the many numbers in USDA's Cattle Inventory Report.

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying that forage supplies from now and into the fall will be a major factor cattle producers will consider in making future expansion or contraction plans.

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

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 threat of wildfires remains in the western United States. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)