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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...

The latest edition of USDA’s Household Food Security in the U.S. report indicates a rise in food insecurity in total in our nation’s households. (Rod Bain and Matthew Rabbitt of the Economic Research Service)

USDA economic researcher Matthew Rabbitt discusses the purpose and construction of the annual Household Food Security in the U.S. study, including the 2023 report released this week.

USDA research economist Matthew Rabbitt discusses the definition of very low food security within the annual Household Food Security in the U.S. study, and how that is reflected in 2023.