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The leader of this week's agricultural trade mission to Japan says she's optimistic that the mission, just concluded, will boost sales of U.S. products to Japan. (Gary Crawford and Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor)

This week's U.S. agricultural trade mission to Japan included talks on Japan's continued ban on U.S. fresh potatoes. (Gary Crawford and Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor)

Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor saying that this week's agricultural trade mission to Japan included talks on increasing Japan's use of U.S. ethanol, now that Japan's cap on U.S. ethanol imports has been removed.

Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor saying that agricultural trade missions have a proven track record of success.

Secretary of Agriculture for Trade Alexis Taylor says ag. trade missions get results. That's why USDA is planning more of them.

With excessive dryness impacting crop conditions in parts of the Central and Southern Plains, some impacted winter wheat growers are choosing abandonment, but what is behind their thinking in doing so? (Rod Bain and Dave Green of the Wheat Quality Council)

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded funding for infrastructure repair and rebuild after extreme weather events through its Emergency Watershed Protection program. (Rod Bain and Astrid Martinez of USDA-NRCS)

Astrid Martinez of the Natural Resources Conservation Service discusses a new property buyout option under the Emergency Watershed Protection program.

One expert says don't take USDA's new trade forecast for the upcoming fiscal year too seriously. There are too many unknowns. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

New USDA loans and grants are being used to rescue old and inadequate water and sewer systems in West Virginia. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)