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A new USDA agricultural trade update for the 2023 calendar year is showing an export value decline for exports as well as imports. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with the updated agricultural trade numbers for the first ten months of the 2023 calendar year.

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with an update on bulk agricultural exports for the first ten months of the 2023 calendar year.

The U.S. cotton crop is likely to be smaller than was expected just a month ago. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Despite reductions in the forecast for Brazil's soybean crop, analysts still expect a record large crop. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA is forecasting a bigger orange crop than last season. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Programs within USDA’s Rural Development mission area provide resources in making our nation’s supply chains more resilient. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)

Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal discusses various USDA Rural Development funding programs that have been utilized in efforts to improve resiliency in our nation’s food and energy supply chains.

The USDA's Equity Commission has begun its work. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh.)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, at the opening meeting of USDA's Equity Commission, explaining the overall work of the Commission.