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Many people are unaware that the Agriculture Department is involved in various rural housing opportunities through its Rural Development mission area - an area being promoted during National Homeownership Month. (Rod Bain and Rural Housing Service Administrator Joaquin Altoro)

USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Joaquin Altoro discusses the mission and programs within his agency that offer housing options for rural Americans.

June 7th is World Food Safety Day. (Gary Crawford. Dr. Francesco Branca, Food Safety Director of the World Health Organization. Mary Frances Lowe, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius)

Mary Frances Lowe, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius, talking about the beginnings of World Food Safety Day. It's observed on June 7th every year.

Mary Frances Lowe, U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius, saying that a major focus of World Food Safety Day is on what consumers can do to prevent food related illness. World Food Day is June 7th.

The nation's farmers helped to make D-Day and the entire World War II effort a success. (Gary Crawford, George Hicks, Anne Effland and Franklin Roosevelt)

Researchers say our diets really matter when it comes to whether or not we contract Alzheimer's disease. (Gary Crawford and Kansas State University Extension food scientist, Karen Blakeslee)

The second longest streak of consecutive weeks of fifty per cent or more of the continental U.S. in drought has come to an end. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at month-over-month changes in drought coverage by region.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at drought coverage of some major Midwestern crops, as well as winter wheat, for the period ending May 31st.