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A groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant research facility features partnership between USDA and land grant university scientists – a partnership well over nine decades old. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

It appears some parts of the Southwest and Florida made the temperature record books for the month of July. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Recent heat in parts of the nation had impacts on topsoil moisture conditions but to what degree? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA reports a worsening of overall pasture and rangeland conditions nationwide in the latest report. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

One expert says one of the best ways to help your brain is to move your body. (Gary Crawford and Sharolyn Jackson, Ohio State University)

The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced it will again waive restrictions and allow summertime sale of fuels blended with fifteen per cent ethanol at fuels pump across the country. (Rod Bain and EPA Administrator Michael Regan)

A USDA official is clearing up some misinformation about USDA's program of financial assistance for producers who have in the past been discriminated against in USDA lending programs. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene)

Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene with an important update on USDA's financial assistance programs for producers who in the past were discriminated against in USDA lending programs.

The latest USDA Agricultural Prices report shows a total increase in what livestock producers received for prices for their commodities, and how that impacted the total ag price index. (Rod Bain)

There are several training vehicles available from USDA for use by animal health stakeholders to prepare for response of potential animal disease outbreaks. (Rod Bain and Barbara Porter-Spaulding of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)