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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.

USDA this month used new data for both domestic and international soybean production to adjust both outlooks for supply and demand. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Small changes were made to both USDA’s domestic and global supply and demand estimates for rice this month. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski discusses month over month changes in USDA's domestic rice supply and demand estimates.

There was at least one notable change in both USDA's domestic and world cotton supply and demand estimates this month despite little to no changes reported. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

As the spring planting season begins and winter wheat starts to develop, USDA is involved in a huge weekly undertaking that brings us every Monday a look at planting progress and crop development (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig,with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)