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USDA expects more cows and therefore more milk production and more demand for dairy products. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Many places are setting records for high temperatures. Experts say pets are at risk in high heat situations. (Gary Crawford and Kurt Hammel with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

USDA is requesting input from members of the public on the agency's efforts to advance racial justice and equity. (Stephanie Ho and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The Agriculture Secretary says regulatory streamlining in the biotechnology product approval process is necessary both from a scientific and a market imperative. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The Agriculture Secretary says his department is doing its part to reduce the food system's vulnerability to hacker attacks. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Many USDA Farm Service Agency Offices still have some workers doing their jobs remotely, but Agriculture Secretary Vilsack says a plan to bring people back to the offices is in the works. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee about some of the considerations involved in plans to bring all workers back to their local USDA offices.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee why he's requested more agricultural research funding in his fiscal year 2022 budget request.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responding to a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee member's question about progress on bringing high speed internet to rural areas. Vilsack says that to bring high speed internet access to all of America will require a lot more money than is currently being spent.

With the deadline for farm crop acreage reporting approaching, the Administrator of USDA's Farm Service Agency explains the benefits growers receive from such reporting. (Rod Bain and Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)