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The production prospects for corn, soybeans and cotton look better than they did just a month ago. (Gary Crawford)

Corn, soybeans, and cotton production and yields forecasts were primarily adjusted up per USDA's latest crop production report. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA's September crop production report included favorable forecasts regarding sorghum planted acreage and production. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses the incorporation of Farm Service Agency certified acreage data in this month's crop production reports and some of its impacts.

The latest round of Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands acreage enrollment is complete and, it appears, record setting. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux discusses the recent acreage enrollment period for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands and how that was driven in part by new incentives within the program.

How is this year's Atlantic hurricane season shaping up compared to what occurred in 2020? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at U.S. landfall patterns of named tropical storms during this season's Atlantic hurricane season.

A set of grants will aid entities involved in sustainable food systems in their efforts in making more nutritious food available to clients and, in turn, promote better health outcomes. (Rod Bain and Suzanne Stluka of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture)

Suzanne Stluka of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture shares examples of recent projects awarded grants under a USDA program designed to increase food systems resiliency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.