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Slower growth in milk output and rising demand may spur some of the highest milk and dairy product prices in years. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)
Prices to broiler producers are higher than expected, but production is running a little lower than expected. (Gary Crawford. USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski)
A new framework is designed to create an early warning system to alert our nation of potential zoonotic disease threats and pandemics. (Rod Bain and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Associate Administrator Mike Watson)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Associate Administrator Mike Watson discusses the example of West Nile Virus to explain the need for a zoonotic disease early warning system.
A recently funded USDA Rural Development Community Facilities project offers an example of how such projects can provide more than economic and social community benefits. (Rod Bain and Vermont-New Hampshire Rural Development State Director Sarah Waring)
It was the most devastating December tornado outbreak on record, hitting Kentucky especially hard. Although it's been two months since the storms hit, recovery is just in the early stages. Farmers were hit particularly hard by the storms. On this edition of Agriculture USA Gary Crawford talks with...
Cattle numbers are declining, along with projected beef production. That is, of course, raising price prospects for beef producers. (Gary Crawford. USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)
USDA recently announced its latest round of funding for two programs focused on preventing plant pests and disease from entering in our country and impacting important crops. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt.
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.