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Has the global pandemic cut into export sales of U.S. agricultural products this fiscal year? (Gary Crawford and Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist)

How many acres of what crops are farmers planting this spring? USDA has begun the huge effort to answer that market-moving question for us. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service) **Broadcasters: The USDA Acreage Report will be...

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, saying that the accuracy of the upcoming USDA Acreage Report depends on farmers and their prompt and accurate response to USDA acreage surveys. **Broadcasters: The USDA Acreage Report will be released June...

USDA teams are working to scare away rare birds from an airport, without harming them. (Stephanie Ho and Chad Wickham, USDA Wildlife Services research biologist)

Herding dogs are crucial to USDA's efforts to keep rare and protected geese away from a Hawaiian airport. (Stephanie Ho and Brian Washburn, USDA Wildlife Services research biologist)

An Extension expert notes characteristics that successful dairy operators seem to share. (Rod Bain and Jim Salfer of University of Minnesota Extension)

Livestock auction barns and sale yards were among the ag entities changing the way they did business last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Rod Bain and Chelsea Good of the Livestock Marketing Association)

Doing things "halfway" can often cause problems later on, especially in the case of having a holiday weekend cookout. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers, with the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline) ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-5463) Listeners...

Prospects for U.S. agricultural exports continue to improve. USDA has once again raised its export forecast. (Gary Crawford and Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist)

Seth Meyer, USDA Chief Economist, with a brief summary of the new USDA agricultural trade forecast for the current fiscal year.