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USDA Wednesday announced a comprehensive strategy in efforts to reduce Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry and egg-laying flocks, and in turn, lower egg prices. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief of Staff Kailee Tkacz Buller)

USDA Chief of Staff Kailee Tkacz Buller explains some of the prongs within the Department's comprehensive strategy to combat High Path Avian Flu and high egg prices.

USDA announced Wednesday it is considering various egg import and export options as one way to lower egg prices in our country. (Rod Bain and Agriculture Department Chief of Staff Kailee Tkacz Buller)

A focus on innovations, including possible vaccination of poultry flocks, are part of recently announced USDA strategies to build up domestic egg supplies and reduce consumer egg prices. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief of Staff Kailee Tkacz Buller)

*- National Invasive Species Awareness Week is February 24 – 28 -* USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides a page at its website to provide resources in detection and prevention of invasive species that threaten livestock and domestic animals. (Rod Bain and APHIS entomologist...

*- National Invasive Species Awareness Week is February 24 – 28 -* Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service entomologist Denise Bonilla talks about her agency’s educational website on invasive pests that threaten both livestock and domestic animals … "www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease".

What are among the recently announced updates to USDA guidelines for both animal-raising and environmental-related claims found on meat and poultry labels? (Rod Bain and Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Sandra Eskin)

Deputy Under Secretary Sandra Eskin discusses the increase in animal-raising and environmental-related claims on labels for meat and poultry products, and how USDA oversees such labeling efforts.

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Sandra Eskin explains reasons behind USDA's recent updates to guidelines for meat and poultry product labels with animal-raising or environmental-related claims.

Much of the West continues to have adequate to good water storage levels after an extremely hot and dry summer, although some exceptions remain. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)