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USDA’s April dairy forecasts show increased production from the previous month, but what price effects might this have? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski discusses trade and domestic use forecasts of dairy products, per USDA's April outlook.

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski covers USDA's latest forecasts for product, class, and all-milk prices.

USDA's suite of disaster assistance programs includes offerings for livestock producers impacted by an emergency. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill Beam)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill Beam offers some of the Agency's disaster assistance programs available to producers.

USDA announces investments in two of its premiere international development programs - one focused on nutrition and education – the other assisting countries in strengthening their ag systems. (Rod Bain. Former U.S. Senators George McGovern (D-SD) and Robert Dole (R-KS))

USDA's Equity Commission gathered Wednesday to discuss three years of efforts to improve equity to the Department itself and its programs. (Rod Bain and Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small)

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small discusses some of the recommendations from USDA's Equity Commission report, and how they have been enacted since the report's release early this year.

The co-chairs of USDA's Equity Commission discuss some of the efforts in improving Department-wide and program-wide equity during the Commission's final convening Wednesday. (Rod Bain. United Farm Workers President Emeritus Arturo Rodriguez. Ambassador Ertharin Cousin.)

Some areas of rain over the past week contributed to slight improvement in the latest USDA Topsoil Moisture Condition report. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)