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The Agriculture Secretary's weekend visit to Commodity Classic included further details of a economic and emergency assistance program for producers, including a new name. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins explains USDA efforts to streamline the application progress for economic relief assistance for farmers under the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program.

Guatemala and two neighboring Central American markets are the focus of USDA's latest agricultural trade mission taking place this week. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Acting Associate Administrator Mark Slupek)

Foreign Agricultural Service Acting Associate Administrator Mark Slupek discusses farm and food export sales to various Central American markets in 2024 - markets that are the focus of the latest USDA-led ag trade mission.

Foreign Agricultural Service Acting Associate Administrator Mark Slupek discusses happenings during this week's USDA-led agricultural trade mission to Guatemala and following up on exports sales from this week's event.

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)

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.

Quiet weather is expected, which will be good for fieldwork, but will not help replenish needed moisture to many agricultural areas. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)