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A delegation of U.S. agribusiness, trade organization, and state ag department representatives visit Morocco next month as part of the latest USDA-led agricultural trade mission. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley discusses some of the details of most USDA-led agricultural trade missions, including December's mission to Morocco.

A Turkish bath is fine, but NOT a Turkey bath. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers with the 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 staffed Thanksgiving...

USDA says placements of cattle into feedlots continue high. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Michael McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst, Michael McConnell, with the key numbers from the Cattle on Feed Report.

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.

The nominee for USDA's top trade post outlined for her Senate confirmation hearing some of the priorities she would pursue, if confirmed. (Gary Crawford and Alexis Taylor, nominee for USDA's Under Secretary for Trade)