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Federal Emergency Management Administration Administrator Deanne Criswell offers steps to take to prepare for a natural disaster such as a hurricane.

There's a bit pf good news for food shoppers in USDA's latest food price forecast for 2023. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan)

USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan, with the newly revised 2023 food price forecasts.

The nation’s winter wheat crop is expected to reach its highest abandonment rate since World War I, but why? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses abandonment rates in four key winter wheat growing states – a result of lingering drought in the Central and Southern Plains.

Four Plains states with high abandonment rates for their winter wheat crops are the driver behind the highest such national rate in over a century. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

There is one critical food safety step that many outdoor grillers either forget or ignore. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, food safety expert 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...

Meredith Carothers, food safety expert with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline, giving the minimal recommended internal cooking temperatures for various meat and poultry products. Of course, the key is having and using a food thermometer. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number...

The Agriculture Secretary was among the dignitaries at dedication ceremonies for USDA's new National Agro and Bio-Defense Facility. (Rod Bain. Secretary Tom Vilsack. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) )

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) shares the history and situations that led to the construction of the National Agro and Bio-Defense Facility during the dedication ceremony of the facility.