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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...

World Food Prize week in Iowa culminated in Thursday award of what is considered the "Nobel Prize of Agriculture" to two advocates of plant genetic diversity and global seed banks. (Rod Bain. World Food Prize Ambassador Terry Branstad. 2024 World Food Prize recipients Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler...

What are some of the examples of state participation to develop an updated testing regime of milk for potential H5N1 contamination? (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack

The online registration page is now available for the Agriculture Department's 101st edition of its Ag Outlook Forum scheduled in late February. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)