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USDA announced producers eligible for the Census of Horticultural Specialties now have additional time to fill out and submit their surveys. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is among various animal health stakeholders involved in tabletop training exercise to improve response to a potential incident or outbreak. (Rod Bain and Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford)
USDA Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford discusses some of the tabletop training exercise resources available from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to strengthen animal disease response.
The streak of weeks with forty percent or more of the nation covered in drought continues and could soon reach a record. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)
Livestock producers continue to get less and less of each dollar spent on meat by consumers. (Gary Crawford. President Joe Biden. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)
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