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USDA recently issued a report looking at how global production of agricultural productd has grown and developed over a six-decade period. (Rod Bain and research economist Keith Fuglie)

Condition ratings for the nation's winter wheat crop are very good currently and are likely to improve over the next few weeks. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talking about the remarkable boost in the condition ratings of the Kansas winter wheat crop.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying pastures and rangelands in some places are still having trouble.

Will consumer demand for beef stay strong in the face of ever higher beef prices? (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell)

How did Easter get tied up with bunnies? Theories over the years have multiplied like rabbits. (Gary Crawford. Historian, Anne Effland and B. Bunny)

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)