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A new USDA agricultural trade update for the 2023 calendar year is showing an export value decline for exports as well as imports. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with the updated agricultural trade numbers for the first ten months of the 2023 calendar year.

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with an update on bulk agricultural exports for the first ten months of the 2023 calendar year.

The U.S. cotton crop is likely to be smaller than was expected just a month ago. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Despite reductions in the forecast for Brazil's soybean crop, analysts still expect a record large crop. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA is forecasting a bigger orange crop than last season. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Programs within USDA’s Rural Development mission area provide resources in making our nation’s supply chains more resilient. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)

Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal discusses various USDA Rural Development funding programs that have been utilized in efforts to improve resiliency in our nation’s food and energy supply chains.

* - STATIONS: Please do not air this story after 9 AM EDT Saturday - * Storm surge and related safety concerns for the Carolinas and areas inland in the path of Hurricane Ian continue to rise. (Rod Bain and National Weather Service Director Ken Graham)

Federal and state emergency personnel and others are in the middle of recovery operations in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. (Rod Bain and Federal Emergency Management Administration Associate Administrator Anne Bink)