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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses some of the expectations and potential discussion from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health scheduled for September 28th.

Applications for project funding to expand high speed internet access across rural America are now being accept through November 2nd. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small explains improvements made to USDA's ReConnect program - improvements that apply to the current funding application period going on now through November 2nd.

The latest USDA Household Food Security in the U.S. report also revealed some data regarding food insecurity in our nation. (Rod Bain and Alisha Coleman-Jensen of the Economic Research Service)

On Friday USDA's farmers market in Washington, D.C. had two distinguished customers. (Gary Crawford. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The "People's Garden" initiative is going nationwide. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Another huge month for U.S. Ag. exports is helping take those sales to a record high level for the year. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Some U.S. agriculural products are seeing some unusual gains in export sales. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, with U.S. ag. trade numbers for the first ten months of this fiscal year.

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, giving bulk product export numbers for the first ten months of this fiscal year. (Overall bulk product exports are up 17% from a year ago)