* - ATTN: Bat Week is October 24 - 31 - * The annual awareness campaign about bats, their role in agriculture, and threats to their existence, is now international in scope. (Rod Bain and Kim Winter of the US Forest Service)

Kim Winter of the U.S. Forest Service discusses the history of the Bat Week awareness campaign and its growth as an educational event globally.

* - ATTN: Bat Week is October 24 - 31 - * Kim Winter of the U.S. Forest Service discusses some of the benefits bats provide to agriculture, and goes over some of the international collaborations involved in the Bat Week awareness campaign.

Here's one Iowa farmer's look at his surprising corn and soybean yields. (Gary Crawford and Glen Smith, farmer in Western Iowa.

Friday's USDA Cattle on Feed report has some surprises for the trade. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam, with some of the key numbers from USDA's Cattle on Feed report.

USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam, saying cattle producers are still sending more heifers to feedlots instead of holding them for breeding.

Coming soon--a U.S. agricultural trade mission to Southeast Asia. (Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture Alexis Taylor)

Some of the nation's leading animal health and biodefense laboratories are joining forces to improve early detection of disease threats. (Rod Bain and National Animal Health Laboratory Network Coordinator Christie Loiacono)

National Animal Health Laboratory Network Coordinator Christie Loiacono discusses the role of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Lab in partnerships to improve animal disease detection.