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How did USDA’s Chief Economist and the markets respond to Friday’s annual Crop Production Report revising end-of-year forecasts for 2024’s corn and soybean crops? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses some of the potential trade reaction to USDA's Quarterly Stocks and Winter Wheat Seedings Reports.

How did USDA's recent annual crop production estimates for corn and soybeans coupled with the latest production forecasts from South America affect prices for both commodities? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Two orange producing states contributed quarterly reports for USDA's January forecasts, reflecting the latest all-orange production numbers for this season's crop. (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

What does USDA’s latest look at agricultural trade show regarding U.S. ag export – import margins for the first eleven months of last year? (Rod Bain and economist Bart Kenner)

USDA economist Bart Kenner explains what is behind an ag trade deficit, per the latest look at trade, covering the first eleven months of 2024.

USDA economist Bart Kenner discusses changes how changes in bulk commodity export values resulted in a year-over-year value reduction despite an increase in export volume.

Two USDA Rural Development programs announced funding awards to projects designed to expand clean energy use and availability. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Betsey Dirksen-Londrigan)

Perhaps one of the forgotten aspects of the life and career of the recently passed 39th President of the United States is his agricultural connection. (Rod Bain and President Jimmy Carter)

The Agriculture Department's Chief Economist explains why there was a surge of used cooking oil imports last year, and what that means for the nation's biofuel industry going forward. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)