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USDA's latest look at the domestic soybean ledger includes another increase in exports of U.S. soybean oil. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski explains the factors behind an increase in global soybean oil exports, including a rise in such exports from the U.S.

Recent adjustments in USDA's December global cotton outlook reflect a significant increase in India's production forecast. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

A slight uptick in yield forecasts for our nation’s cotton crop this month led to minor changes in the domestic supply and demand ledger. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski explains this month's changes in both the world and U.S. rice balance sheets this month.

USDA has many options for farm borrowers who having trouble making their loan payments. (Gary Crawford. USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small. USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

USDA is joining forces with the Environmental Protection Agency to address issues associated with rural septic systems and other individual decentralized wastewater units. (Rod Bain and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke)

Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke goes over the history of memorandum of understanding addressing issues with decentralized wastewater systems, and USDA’s recent joining of such to assist with issues regarding rural septic systems.

Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke explains decentralized wastewater systems and their importance in rural areas.

How much income did family farms bring in in 2022, per USDA's latest "America's Farms and Ranches at a Glance" report? (Rod Bain and Katherine Lacy of the Economic Research Service)