* - The deadline for applications for a USDA agricultural trade mission to the United Arab Emirates is November 8th - * February 2022 is the date scheduled for USDA first in-person agricultural trade mission since pandemic related travel restrictions took place. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod...

Tenacious USDA scientists score a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine against African Swine Fever. (Gary Crawford and USDA scientists, Dr. Manuel Borca and Dr. Douglas Gladdue)

Consumer surveys show we are starting the holiday shopping season earlier than ever before. (Gary Crawford. Matt Shay, CEO of the National Retail Federation. Elizabeth Kiss, Kansas State University Extension Family Finance Expert.