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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at a House Ag. Appropriations hearing Thursday outlining USDA actions to boost competition in the meat processing arena.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at a House Ag. Appropriations hearing Thursday giving lawmakers an update on the avian influenza situation.

What are some of USDA's current efforts to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and what else should be considered as part of the 2023 Farm Bill? (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Stacey Dean)

Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Stacey Dean discusses efforts underway, and those being considered, to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The public comment period is underway regarding scientific questions in the first step to develop a latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans. (Rod Bain and Eve Stoody of the Food and Nutrition Service)

Eve Stoody of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service discusses parts of the process to develop the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2025 to 2030.

Eve Stoody of the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service explains the Dietary Guidelines for Americans - updated every five years by USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Some African and Middle East nations impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine will receive food commodities through an unprecedented drawdown of a U.S. global food aid resource. (Rod Bain and Sarah Charles of the U.S. Agency for International Development)

Many unpredictable forces are influencing retail food prices. That makes it very hard to forecast what those prices will do next. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Matt MacLachlan)

What are some of the thoughts about what should be in the conservation title of the next Farm Bill? (Rod Bain. Johnathan Coppess of the University of Illinois. Lynn Tjeerdsma. Dan Yeoman of ReHarvest.)