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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 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...