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Friday's USDA crop report had at least one surprise. (Gary Crawford)

USDA first farmer yield surveys for spring crops like corn, soybeans, and cotton led to adjustments in the August Crop Production forecasts. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

The numbers related to USDA's August cotton production and yield forecasts perhaps were a surprise to market analysts, according to the Agriculture Department's Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)

Despite conflict within its borders, USDA increased its corn production forecast for Ukraine from the previous month. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Grant applications are being accepted nationally for a USDA grazing lands conservation program that in recent years has been offered only by state offices. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey)

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey discusses the history of a conservation program that is making a return to a national scale with a recent announcement of applications for project funding.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey talks about the various partners - private landowners, NRCS field staff and public and private entities – making up collaborative grazing land conservation efforts.

The role our nation’s dams play in everything from irrigation, power generation, and recreation is important. Yet with several of these structures aging, work is underway to repair and restore dams while educating those living around these facilities about dam safety awareness. Rod Bain talks with...

*-STATIONS : Dam Safety Awareness Day is Tuesday, May 31st. -* Understanding the importance of safety awareness in areas where dams are located grows more important as more of these structures become surrounded by suburban and urban areas. (Rod Bain and Jose Hernandez of the Natural Resources...

A little known organization is working behind the scenes to guard the world's food supply and prevent sickness and death. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Mary Frances Lowe, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius Codex Manager.