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The Agriculture Secretary speaks from personal experience regarding how her time in the National FFA Organization is part of her foundation for both life and career. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

What does USDA look at the total number of farms and amount of land in farms for 2024 indicate regarding trends? (Rod Bain and Bryan Combs of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Bryan Combs of the National Agricultural Statistics Service goes over some of the findings from the latest USDA Farms and Land in Farms Report.

USDA latest Cattle on Feed Report indicates a stronger pace to both placements in feedlots and cattle marketings, even with a year over year reduction in inventory. (Rod Bain and livestock analyst Mike McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst Mike McConnell goes over some of the trends appearing within the latest Cattle on Feed report.

USDA researchers continue efforts to expand production of a North American desert plant that provides natural rubber and can be used as a source of rubber and latex products. (Rod Bain and Katrina Cornish of the Arid Land Agricultural Research Center)

Study continues to develop latex-based products from rubber harvested from a desert shrub found in Mexico and parts of Texas. (Rod Bain and USDA researcher Katrina Cornish)

How will retail food prices behave in 2023? Will we see lower prices or continued price hikes? Gary Crawford has the latest forecast from the USDA on this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan. Classic entertainers, George Burns and Gracie Allen.

Our nation Tuesday announced it is seeking a second dispute resolution panel under U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to challenge Canada’s dairy tariff-rate-quota allocation policy. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Are consumers in for another year of large increases in food prices? Gary Crawford has this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan.