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The Agriculture Department continues coordination of response and recovery efforts post-Hurricane Helene with federal, state, farm, and community stakeholders. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Efforts continue to support ag producers impacted by Hurricane Helene through local USDA Service Centers while supporting staff also affected by the storm. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie talks about USDA support of local service centers and personnel in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie explains some of the Agriculture Department's contributions to federal response to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.

Two programs offered by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service provides resources for global development focus areas such as nutrition, education, and self-sufficiency. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor)

Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor discusses two international development programs under the Foreign Agricultural Service.

USDA is putting the final touches to data collecting for the upcoming crop production forecasts. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, says he doubts there will be major surprises in USDA's upcoming crop forecasts. *** USDA will release its new crop forecasts on October 11th, noon, EDT***

The Global Agricultural Productivity Initiative Thursday released its annual edition of its report, reflecting total factor production and world sustainability efforts over the period of a decade. (Rod Bain and Tom Thompson of Virginia Tech University)

Virginia Tech University's Tom Thompson explains what is behind total factor productivity growth in South Asia as part of Thursday's Global Agricultural Production report for 2024.