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The Agriculture Secretary will make stops around the country to share the several pilot projects recently announced as part of the Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities program. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA's Under Secretary for Rural Development told a House committee Thursday continued partnerships, including among federal agencies, are essential in bringing and expanding high speed internet to rural areas. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small)

USDA's latest cotton classing facility is a collaborative effort with a Texas university to create greater efficiency and accuracy in cotton grading. (Rod Bain. Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator Bruce Summers. Shawn Holliday of the National Cotton Council.)

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Deputy Administrator Darryl Earnest discusses the long range development and planning that resulted in the new Cotton Classification Complex in Lubbock Texas.

U.S. dairy producers will likely to boost output next year. What is the expected effect on milk prices? (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

It looks like many corn and soybean producers changed their minds and their planting intentions between March and actual planting time. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA will be re-surveying farmers in three states about their planted acres, in light of some significant weather-related planting delays. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Farmers are putting fewer overall acres into production this year. (Gary Crawford and Deputy USDA Chief Economist Cindy Nickerson)

Deputy USDA Chief Economist Cindy Nickerson, saying that California rice plantings could hit a low not seen in over 60 years.

Farmers got higher prices for almost every product they sold in May. (Gary Crawford)