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Will egg prices decline in 2025? (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer)

The recently released Census of Aquaculture provides details into the top selling types of seafood for 2023 and other sales data. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year late winter wildfires that impacted parts of Texas and Oklahoma. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes significant Western wildfire activity this summer and fall. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at total wildfire acreage burned in the U.S. in 2024, including significant wildfire activity out West duing the summer.

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)

USDA is making more investments in protecting communities from wildfires. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)