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USDA has lowered production expectations for corn, cotton and soybeans. (Gary Crawford)

How did markets initially respond to USDA’s latest crop production report reflecting lower yields for both corn and soybeans? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses increased month-over-month forecasts of soybean oil used in biodiesel, per the October domestic supply and demand ledger.

The first production forecasts are in for the 2023-24 orange season, so what do the numbers look like for the country, and major growing states? (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Food price inflation is easing down into so-called "normal" levels. (Gary Crawford and Megan Sweitzer, USDA economist)

Megan Sweitzer, USDA economist, compares the "All Food" price inflation rate to that of the total economy.

Megan Sweitzer, USDA economist, with a review of the current USDA food price forecasts.

Requests from farmers are one major reason for the recent rapid expansion of crop insurance programs for specialty crop producers. (Gary Crawford and Marcia Bunger, Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency)

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...