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USDA recently announced a new subcommittee within its National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board – one focused on pollinator health and conservation. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young)

USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young explains the make-up and intent of a new National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board subcommittee.

USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young discusses the role of a federal advisory board to ag research and research policy, including a newly formed subcommittee on pollinators.

A younger generation of farm producers is taking initiative with more direct marketing of their products as both a sales vehicle and a method to learn what their customers demand. (Rod Bain and Chad Hart of Iowa State University)

Present varieties, future cultivars, and past steeped in culture and history are all part of USDA’s apple genetic collection found in New York State. (Rod Bain and geneticist Ben Guiterrez)

USDA geneticist Ben Guiterrez discusses some of the cultural and historical connections associated with an apple germplasm collection in New York State.

It looks like this year's prospects for U.S. agricultural exports are a little less bright that was the case a few months ago. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

During this 2023 fiscal year almost every U.S. agricultural product will see a reduction in export sales from last year. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer with some key points of USDA's New Agricultural Trade Forecast.

USDA's farm prices report for April continues the trend of most agricultural products bringing producers lower prices than a year ago. (Gary Crawford)