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USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on the rice harvest.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with a report on winter wheat planting progress.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with details on winter wheat emergence.

* - ATTN: October is National Cooperative Month - * A part of USDA Rural Development focuses on business cooperatives and their vital role in rural economies. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)

Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal provides various examples of rural business cooperatives and how they serve customers both locally and nationally.

New Farm Credit System rules will put more emphasis on young, beginning and small farmers. (Gary Crawford and Glen Smith, member of the board of the Farm Credit Administration)

Glen Smith, member of the board of the Farm Credit Administration, saying that young and beginning farmers face major hurdles.

* - 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.