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Even with an adjustment lower in corn and soybean production forecasts for November, USDA reports yield and production projections for those crops remain at near-record to, in one case, record high. (Rod Bain)

USDA's Crop Production Report had a surprise for the soybean market. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer saying that USDA's new corn and soybean yeild estimates have changed the historical crop rankings.

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer talking about the market reaction right after USDA released its updated corn and soybean yeild estimates.

Twenty-six projects were recent recipients of USDA’s latest round of Local Meat Capacity Grants – providing needed resources to add and upgrade equipment and improve efficiency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt)

Gary Crawford’s creativity on display over a fifty-year career at USDA Radio illustrates a weaving of historical sounds and reports with humor and personalities to bring the stories of farm and food to listeners. (Rod Bain. General Dwight D. Eisenhower. ABC Radio News reporter George Hicks. Comedian...

Almost seventy recommendations are found in the final report recently presented by USDA’s Equity Commission as ways to improve equity and inclusion in the Department and among its stakeholders and programs. Rod Bain looks at the crafting of this document and some of its recommendations in this...

The U.S. Senate this week confirmed the nomination of Basil Gooden to become USDA's new Under Secretary for Rural Development. (Rod Bain and Basil Gooden)

White House and USDA officials recently announced a series of rural economic development investments as part of a Rural Prosperity Town Hall Meeting. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Secretary Tom Vilsack. White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden.