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What were the major ag. trade trends during the 2024 fiscal year? (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

USDA economist, Bart Kenner has the total 2024 fiscal year numbers for U.S. agricultural exports, imports and trade balance.

USDA economist, Bart Kenner, saying that U.S. bulk farm commodity export values suffered during the 2024 fiscal year.

A series of USDA grants were issued to projects under a set of local and regional food system development and promotion programs. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt shares award recipients of two programs as examples of project supported under the Local Agriculture Market Program.

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt explains an offering under the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) focused on projects building regional food system partnerships.

An increasing number of examples of artificial intelligence in the world of agriculture are now visible. (Rod Bain and Charles Barron of Farmers Business Network)

USDA Radio Reporter-Producer Gary Crawford can attest to several changes over the course of his fifty years behind the microphone (Rod Bain and Gary Crawford)

A USDA website centered on comprehensive food composition data was recently updated, providing additional resources to nutritionists, researchers, and consumers. (Rod Bain. Naomi Fukagama and Kyle McKillop of the Economic Research Service)

Kyle McKillop of the Economic Research Service talks about a comprehensive food composition data website called “Food Data Central”. (Food Data Central web address - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/)