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The U.S. cotton balance sheet for June indicates a trend of strong exports for this marketing year and going into the next. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

An increase in cotton production forecasts for Brazil is a contributor to USDA latest look at the world cotton balance sheet. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

USDA's June outlook for our nation's soybean supply and demand noted some changes for the current marketing year and its impacts to the upcoming season. (Rod Bain and World Agricutlural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

How were estimates for Brazil's soybean crop adjusted compared to other drought impacted crops in that country, and how did it affect USDA's June global supply and demand estimate? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski explains how an increased estimate of Brazil's soybean crop this month affects world supply and demand estimates for this commodity.

Production increases from India are behind the latest USDA forecasts for record rice production around the world in 2021-22. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Giving more farmers more technical assistance is seen as a key to boosting adoption by farmers of practices to help improve soil and water quality. (Gary Crawford. Virginia Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The U.S. wheat crop could be bigger than expected, but it's the opposite situation for the Brazilian corn crop. (Gary Crawford)

USDA's June winter wheat production forecast shows yields up from the previous month, yet varied by regions of the country. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

While drought impacted corn was the main focus of production forecasts out of Brazil, it was not the only crop of note from that nation. (Rod Bain and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)