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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.

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.

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