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The Agriculture Secretary says one of the underlying issues in the current situation in Ukraine is food. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A temporary site to house ag containers for shipping is being planned for another west coast port to reduce port congestion and improve timeliness of shipment to markets. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explains a planned pop-up site for ag shipping containers at the Port of Seattle and how this is part of plans to improve export capability.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says pop-up container facilities at ports such as Seattle and Oakland California stimulate innovation in other ways to improve efficiencies in shipping ag exports to market destinations.

Notice of funding and application will soon be made available for two temporary pop-up ag container sites at two West Coast ports. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA’s Farm Service Agency has clarified aspects of its Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program, including hog eligibility and the definition of a spot market sale. (Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux explains some recent clarifications and extensions made within a pandemic assistance program for spot market hog producers.

The Agriculture Secretary says the SNAP program is an investment program, not a giveaway program. (Gary Crawford. Former President Lyndon Johnson. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A new report shows that in the midst of the Covid pandemic last year the nation's honey production dropped significantly. (Gary Crawford and Travis Averill with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his department is embarking on a long-term mission of raising the overall health level of Americans' diets. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)