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A delegation of U.S. agribusiness, trade organization, and state ag department representatives visit Morocco next month as part of the latest USDA-led agricultural trade mission. (Rod Bain and Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley)

Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley discusses some of the details of most USDA-led agricultural trade missions, including December's mission to Morocco.

A Turkish bath is fine, but NOT a Turkey bath. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline) ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-6854) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov Hotline will be staffed Thanksgiving...

USDA says placements of cattle into feedlots continue high. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Michael McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst, Michael McConnell, with the key numbers from the Cattle on Feed Report.

A USDA website centered on comprehensive food composition data was recently updated, providing additional resources to nutritionists, researchers, and consumers. (Rod Bain. Naomi Fukagama and Kyle McKillop of the Economic Research Service)

Kyle McKillop of the Economic Research Service talks about a comprehensive food composition data website called “Food Data Central”. (Food Data Central web address - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/)

Kyle McKillop of the Economic Research Service talks about recent updates made within USDA's Food Data Central website.

Farmers and grain traders are awaiting two major USDA reports coming out at the end of this week. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Recent rains are bringing hope to some wheat growers. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)