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USDA recently announced a new subcommittee within its National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board – one focused on pollinator health and conservation. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young)

USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young explains the make-up and intent of a new National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board subcommittee.

USDA Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Young discusses the role of a federal advisory board to ag research and research policy, including a newly formed subcommittee on pollinators.

A younger generation of farm producers is taking initiative with more direct marketing of their products as both a sales vehicle and a method to learn what their customers demand. (Rod Bain and Chad Hart of Iowa State University)

Present varieties, future cultivars, and past steeped in culture and history are all part of USDA’s apple genetic collection found in New York State. (Rod Bain and geneticist Ben Guiterrez)

USDA geneticist Ben Guiterrez discusses some of the cultural and historical connections associated with an apple germplasm collection in New York State.

USDA has released a new forecast for this year's farm income. (Gary Crawford and Spiro Stefano, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service)

Spiro Stefano, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service, with the new forecast for 2023 net cash farm income.

Spiro Stefano, Administrator of USDA's Economic Research Service, with the forecast for 2923 cash receipts.

USDA has lowered its forecast for this fiscal year's U.S. agricultural exxports. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)