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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...

The Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities initiative reached the one-year mark recently – presenting opportunity to look at progress both for the effort in total and its individual projects, as well as considering what still lies ahead. Rod Bain goes over year one of these partnerships in this...

The Agriculture Secretary Tuesday discussed recent efforts to boost funding in USDA conservation and clean energy programs, and the need to continue such investments. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The one-year anniversary of first announced projects within a USDA program gave opportunity to see how efforts to produce climate smart commodities and markets are going. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Secretary Tom Vilsack. Amy Sckolzlas Cole of Trust in Food.