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Even with an adjustment lower in corn and soybean production forecasts for November, USDA reports yield and production projections for those crops remain at near-record to, in one case, record high. (Rod Bain)

USDA's Crop Production Report had a surprise for the soybean market. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer saying that USDA's new corn and soybean yeild estimates have changed the historical crop rankings.

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer talking about the market reaction right after USDA released its updated corn and soybean yeild estimates.

Twenty-six projects were recent recipients of USDA’s latest round of Local Meat Capacity Grants – providing needed resources to add and upgrade equipment and improve efficiency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

Gary Crawford’s creativity on display over a fifty-year career at USDA Radio illustrates a weaving of historical sounds and reports with humor and personalities to bring the stories of farm and food to listeners. (Rod Bain. General Dwight D. Eisenhower. ABC Radio News reporter George Hicks. Comedian...

The national symbol of wildfire prevention, and the public service campaign that created him, reached the eightieth anniversary mark in 2024. Rod Bain looks as some of the cultural and cumulative impacts of Smokey Bear in this edition of “Agriculture USA”. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Smokey Bear. U.S...

The formation of Hurricane Beryl is record setting, but what else holds for this tropical system as it crosses the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula this week? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

What is the make-up and breakdown of a new Federal strategy to reduce food loss and waste and increase recycling of organic materials? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison Jean Buzby