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Recipients will be receiving USDA's first National Agroforestry Survey in the mail by early February. (Rod Bain and Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses how a 2017 Census of Agriculture question became a first ever USDA survey on agroforestry practices.

Joe Parsons of the National Agricultural Statistics Service explains various agroforesty practices that will be part of USDA's upcoming National Agroforestry Survey.

Years of work on pig genetics helped to make the recent pig-to-human heart transplant possible. (Gary Crawford and Dr. Joan Lunney with USDA's Agricultural Research Service)

Dr. Joan Lunney, USDA scientist, saying that the steps leading up to the recent pig-to-human heart transplant not only included years of breeding pigs to be more like humans in genetic makeup, but also years of testing organ transplants. And even today, there's no way to know how long the current...

Time is running out for eligible producers to apply for USDA program covering forage losses in 2021 due to drought or fire. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Several areas of the Agriculture Department are utilizing data dashboards – big data collection and aggregation systems – to help its mission areas and agency, and their customers, better understand matters, and potentially find answers to various issues. Rod Bain looks at examples of USDA based...

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux discusses details on the Livestock Forage Disaster Program, including the January 31st sign-up deadline.

The wildfire situation in this country is at a crisis level, but there's a plan to do something about it. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

Smuggling of prohibited food products into the U.S. is a threat to agriculture, but USDA is working to reduce that threat. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture Jenny Moffitt