Both ag exports and imports are up for the current fiscal year, but how is that reflected in the latest ag trade balance, per USDA’s latest update? (Rod Bain and economist Bart Kenner)

USDA economist Bart Kenner looks at fiscal year to date numbers regarding exports for both bulk ag commodities and high value farm and food products.

USDA economist Bart Kenner provides the breakdown of ag imports for the current fiscal year by commodity category.

How are milk production and price projections – by product and category – reflected in USDA’s forecasts for dairy in 2025? (Rod Bain and dairy analyst Peyton Ferrier)

USDA dairy analyst Peyton Ferrier provides the forecasts for how our nation's dairy products compare with global competition price-wise.

How are reservoirs in the Western U.S. looking supply-wise with the latest mountain snowpack season nearly over? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

From hurricanes to tornadoes, wildfires and drought, USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey’s top ten list of weather stories for 2024 is indeed eventful. Rod Bain joins Brad to look at some of the weather and climatic events that made news in 2024 in this edition of “Agriculture USA”. PARTICIPANTS: Rod...

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes what appears to be one of the warmest years on record. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

If you are still trying to keep your New Year's resolutions to lose weight, one expert says maybe you should include your pets in those resolutions. On this edition of "Agriculture USA" Gary Crawford reports on what some say is an epidemic of pet obesity and what we pet owners can do about it...

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at December temperatures so far and if that is enough to push 2024 into the record books as the warmest year ever, surpassing 2012.