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The Agriculture Department recently announced a pilot program in strengthening plant and animal health within participating African nations. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt discusses some of the history of USDA assisting African countries in establishing sanitary and phytosanitary safeguards.

More milk production and slightly lower prices---that's the forecast for 2024. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman, with USDA's milk production forecast for 2024.

This year's selected U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree not only continues a yearly tradition since 1970, but comes from a state with traditions of its own. (Rod Bain and Amy Albright of the U.S. Forest Service)

Amy Albright of the U.S. Forest Service in West Virginia describes this year's U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree selected from her home state.

Amy Albright of the U.S. Forest Service discusses the origins of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree and its connections to a West Virginia forest.

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)