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A talk on trade, between two top U.S. officials, touched on the top news story in the world -- Ukraine. (Stephanie Ho, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, USTR Katherine Tai)

China is both a major buyer of U.S. agricultural products and a source of concern. (Gary Crawford. Daniel Whitley, Administrator of USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Department Under Secretaries discussed some of the efforts of their mission areas in the middle of the COVID-19 Pandemic during a recent Agricultural Outlook Forum panel. (Rod Bain. Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie. Under Secretary for Rural Development...

Agriculture Department Under Secretaries (Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jennie Moffitt, Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small, Natural Resources and Environment Homer Wilkes) discuss programs developed and accomplishments occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic.

How might our nation’s ag economy fare this year and long-term as it continues to come out of what some have dubbed a reset due to the COVID-19 pandemic? (Rod Bain and Nathan Kauffman of the Federal Reserve – Kansas City)

Nathan Kauffman of the Federal Reserve – Kansas City discusses some of the indicators that point to possibly a strong farm economy for 2022 and longer term.

Nathan Kauffman of the Federal Reserve discusses potential risk that could impact the ag economy this year and beyond.

Hog producers eligible for a USDA pandemic assistance program now have until mid-April to apply after the deadline for sign-up was extended. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux discusses a pandemic assistance program for spot hog market producers and the recent decision to extend the program sign-up deadline to April 15th.

USDA is forecasting falling farm income for this year, but not everyone agrees with that projection. (Gary Crawford. Carrie Litkowski, with USDA's Economic Research Service. Todd Kuethe with Purdue University)