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Friday's USDA crop report had at least one surprise. (Gary Crawford)

USDA first farmer yield surveys for spring crops like corn, soybeans, and cotton led to adjustments in the August Crop Production forecasts. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

The numbers related to USDA's August cotton production and yield forecasts perhaps were a surprise to market analysts, according to the Agriculture Department's Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)

Despite conflict within its borders, USDA increased its corn production forecast for Ukraine from the previous month. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Grant applications are being accepted nationally for a USDA grazing lands conservation program that in recent years has been offered only by state offices. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey)

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey discusses the history of a conservation program that is making a return to a national scale with a recent announcement of applications for project funding.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Associate Chief Louis Aspey talks about the various partners - private landowners, NRCS field staff and public and private entities – making up collaborative grazing land conservation efforts.

Producers suffering qualifying natural disaster crop losses in 2020 and 2021 now have more time to apply for USDA Emergency Relief Program funding. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Some USDA risk management and disaster programs are utilizing existing data to create pre-populated application forms for qualifying producers. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says eligible producers for some risk management programs will soon receive pre-populated application forms.