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One USDA priority is making sure all of the country's school chidren are fed.(Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA is reviewing the plan that forms the basis of its nutrition programs. (Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)

U.S. agricultural product exports continue to climb. (Gary Crawford. USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski. USDA economist, Dylan Russell)

Corn prices and corn exports are still making news. (Gary Crawford. USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski and USDA economist, Dylan Russell)

Americans are buying more foreign agricultural products. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist Dylan Russell)

Dylan Russell, USDA economist, with U.S. agricultural export and import numbers for the first half of this 2021 fiscal year.

This year's first pasture condition ratings are at the lowest level this century.(Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

How bad are the country's pastures at the start of this year, compared to previous years? (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The western half of the country has the nation's worst pasture conditions. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says there are many states where pasture conditions are notably very poor to poor, at the start of the growing season.