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USDA has begun taking applications from borrowers for a program that offers financial assistance to those borrowers who in the past may have been discriminated against by USDA. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

New USDA crop supply and demand forecasts are coming soon. These will be revised using new acreage information. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

What is forecast this season for this year’s domestic maple syrup crop? (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA recently added the category of quantity of sap in its maple syrup production forecasts per requests by the maple syrup industry. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

If you are enrolled in Medicaid, officials want you to know that eligibility checks are resuming after a three year hiatus. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Andrea Palm)

Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Andrea Palm urging all Medicaid participants to contact their state Medicaid office so their Medicaid eligibility can be determined.

Several offsetting regional changes within the latest U.S. Drought Monitor led to a significant month-over-month increase. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

How much has drought coverage grown in major corn and bean growing areas of the country over the past month? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses the month-over-month changes in the U.S. Drought Monitor and their net effect on total domestic drought coverage over the past five weeks.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes the dramatic changes in drought coverage in the Midwest over the past two months.