USDA is making changes to boost equity and fair treatment. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A Wisconsin meat processing facility will soon expand thanks to a recent USDA grant award, but what might this mean both for the business and the community it serves? (Rod Bain. Under Secretary Basil Gooden. Meat processing operator Brandon Clare.)

Wisconsin meat processor Brandon Clare discusses the economic and service benefits a recent USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Project grant will have for growing his operation and serving his community.

A panel at the 2024 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum featured former Department Chief Economic Advisors – some predating the current Chief Economist position. (Rod Bain. Former Assistant Secretaries of Economics Robert Thompson and Dan Sumner)

An expert says if you are over 65 years of age, many phone and online scammers may be targeting you. Gary Crawford has this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Barbara Stockebrand, Extension educator at Kansas State University.

One expert says it could be more difficult for producers to turn a profit in 2024. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says farmers should be able to weather another year of possible lower incomes.

In the battle for acreage this spring who will come out on top--corn or soybeans? (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

A long-term heat wave along the nation's Gulf Coast and a Tropical Storm that impacted two parts of the Atlantic Coast are among the top weather stories of 2023. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Old Christmas trees are being re-purposed to do more than be turned into mulch. (Gary Crawford and Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden)