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Less hogs and pigs from this time last year is among the findings in USDA's first Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report for the year. (Rod Bain and livestock analyst Michael McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell provides some of the details from the initial Quarter Hogs and Pigs Report for 2025.

USDA livestock analyst Micheal McConnell talks about industry expectations versus the data from the March Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report.

You may not know it, but a financial expert says you most likely have one or more types of personalities that influence your approaches on, and decisions about, money. (Rod Bain and Amanda Christensen of Utah State University Extension)

Amanda Christensen of Utah State University discusses six categories of money personalities that reflect how an individual most likely approaches financial matters.

The Agriculture Secretary provided an explanation of planned testing of milk samples for possible H5N1 contamination in efforts to prevent spread of the virus. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explains how recent developments in California and a testing regime in Colorado influenced USDA’s recently announced expansion of milk testing for H5N1 virus.

The Agriculture Secretary Thursday visited the site of field trials associated with development of an H5N1 vaccine for dairy cattle. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The Agriculture Secretary Thursday provided more information on the case of a backyard swine in Oregon testing positive for a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The final U.S. Drought Monitor for October 2024 records record or near-record drought coverage in the lower 48 states. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)