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New innovation sprint proposals and new partners have until month’s end to be entered into the global Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate. (Rod Bain. Secretary Tom Vilsack. United Arab Emirates Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Miriam Almheiri.)

United Arab Emirates Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Miriam Almheiri discusses the proposed agenda for the United Nations Climate Change Conference held later this year in her home nation.

The USDA is extending the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program. (Gary Crawford and Monica Rainge with USDA)

Monica Rainge, a USDA coordinator for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program, explains who may be eligible to apply for the program.

The USDA and the Coca-Cola Company are continuing a ten-year partnership to carry out joint environmental projects. (Gary Crawford. Deputy Under Agriculture Secretary Meryl Harrell. Kurt Ritter with the Coca-Cola Company)

Kurt Ritter with the Coca-Cola Company outlining one of the joint USDA/Coca-Cola conservation projects.

Friday's USDA Cattle on Feed report shows cattle numbers continuing to fall. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell, with the key numbers from Friday/s USDA Cattle on Feed report.

Researchers have developed a smartphone app designed to give hog producers better data and tools to address heat stress issues. (Rod Bain and USDA researcher Jay Johnson).

Jay Johnson of the Livestock Behavior Research Unit notes some of the applications hog producers can use to monitor heat stress in their animals through a new smartphone app.