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A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes the first two Atlantic Basin hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. in 2024. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes an autumn hurricane crossing Florida – one where damage values are still being estimated. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes one of the most damaging hurricanes in modern history. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA recently released its latest edition of its Census of Aquaculture, with data on how much this industry has grown over a five-year period. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service explains the definition of aquaculture as it pertains to USDA's Census of Aquaculture.

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses how the Census of Agriculture provides key data for Census of Aquaculture.

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.

Jay Johnson of the Livestock Behavior Research Unit discusses some of the impacts of heat stress on hogs, and what led researchers like himself to develop a new smartphone app to monitor heat stress.

What has been USDA's role in the farm bill process? (Gary Crawford and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small)