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The Agriculture Secretary Friday provided an update at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum on establishing and allocating an economic and disaster relief package for farm producers. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

The Agriculture Secretary Friday at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum talked about the need for innovation as essential in addressing High Path Avian Flu outbreaks and their impacts on poultry and egg laying bird flocks. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

The head of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank offered insight at this year's USDA Ag Outlook Forum on some of the potential economic concerns of producers for this year. (Rod Bain and Jeff Schmid)

What might the outlook for farm cash receipts indicate regarding USDA farm income projections for 2025? (Rod Bain and economist Carrie Litkowski)

What did this year's USDA Ag Outlook Forum Plenary Panel notes as both challenges and potential positives for the farm industry in 2025? (Rod Bain. South Carolina Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers. Shari Rogge-Fidler of Farm Foundation. Jaime Castaneda of the National Milk Producers Federation.)

USDA's latest Agricultural Prices Report reflects higher prices received by meat animal, dairy, and poultry and egg producers. (Rod Bain)

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.

Recent adjustments in USDA's Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program result in an increase in available funding for payments to eligible producers. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)