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USDA recently issued a report looking at how global production of agricultural productd has grown and developed over a six-decade period. (Rod Bain and research economist Keith Fuglie)

Condition ratings for the nation's winter wheat crop are very good currently and are likely to improve over the next few weeks. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talking about the remarkable boost in the condition ratings of the Kansas winter wheat crop.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying pastures and rangelands in some places are still having trouble.

Will consumer demand for beef stay strong in the face of ever higher beef prices? (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell)

How did Easter get tied up with bunnies? Theories over the years have multiplied like rabbits. (Gary Crawford. Historian, Anne Effland and B. Bunny)

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.

Equity Commission Co-Chairs - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh and Arturo Rodriguez, former President of the United Farmworkers, with brief comments Monday at the first meeting of USDA's Equity Commission.