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USDA has its second Agricultural Trade Mission of 2025 scheduled and applications are now being accepted for interested U.S. ag exporters to participate. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

USDA's new ag. trade forecast for 2025 is coming soon. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

USDA economist, Bart Kenner listing a few of the many factors that make trade forecasting a tricky undertaking.

The deadline for organic dairy growers to apply for USDA's Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program is now extended. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Assistant Deputy Administrator Kimberly Graham)

Farm Service Agency Assistant Deputy Administrator Kimberly Graham explains some of the year to year adjustments in the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program, which also led to an application extension.

What's the best technique for thawing out that frozen holiday turkey? (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, with USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline) ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-6854) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov Hotline will be...

The effort to bring high speed internet to rural areas is getting another financial shot in the arm with new investments being announced. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling reporters that lack of access to adequate internet service is putting milllions of rural residents at a desadvamtage/

Agriculture Secretaru Tom Vilsack telling reporters that in the job of bringing high speed internet to all Americans, the USDA, the Commrece Department and the Federal Communications Commission have clear divisions of labor.

Greg Puckett, the Chairman of the Rural Action Caucus of the National Association of Counties, praising federal efforts to bring high speed internet to rural areas.