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A new Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity Technical Assistance Network brings in a wide range of expertise in assisting applicants in USDA funded applications and funded projects. (Rod Bain. Dave Carter and Roger Fragua of Flower Hill Institute)

Roger Fragua (pronounced "Fra-wah") of Flower Hill Institute discusses how a diverse meat and poultry processing capacity technical assistance network can best serve a diverse system of processing facilities.

Chris Roper of Flower Hill Institute discusses some of the technical assistance needs for applicants of USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program resources.

A private commodity trade export manager offered thoughts about prospects for ocean cargo shipping and how it could alleviate supply chain disruptions during this year's USDA Ag Outlook Forum. (Rod Bain and Walter Lanza)

Commodity export trade manager Walter Lanza explains some of the challenges facing the ocean cargo shipping industry in its efforts to help alleviate supply chain disruptions.

Commodity and farm organizations are now in the process of asking their members what they wish to see within a 2023 Farm Bill. (Rod Bain. American Soybean Association President Brad Doyle. American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall.)

There's a new approach to helping rural communities tap into federal resources. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a Clarksdale, Mississippi meeting Wednesday with local community leaders, explaining one of the reasons why the new Rural Partners Network needed to be created.

Susan Rice, White House Domestic Policy Advisor, in a Clarksdale, Mississippi meeting Wednesday with local community leaders, explaining how the new Rural Partners Network will operate at the local level.

Those considering applications for USDA Meat and Poultry Processing Capacity and Expansion Programs now have a network of technical assistance available. (Rod Bain and Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Mae Wu)