Radio Newsline Archive

Fall harvested crops reflect a month-over-month rise in production forecasts, per USDA's November Crop Production Report. (Rod Bain)

USDA Thursday announced a new initiative designed to support and expand markets for our country's specialty crop industry. (Rod Bain and Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small)

Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small discusses outreach for specialty crop industry input on USDA efforts such as the recently announced Specialty Crop Competitiveness Initiative.

Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small discusses USDA's Specialty Crop Research Initiative and recently announced project funding awards.

Experts expected that U.S. agricultural exports would take a hit in fiscal year 2023 and that's exactly what happened. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

USDA economist, Bart Kenner, with the final agricultural trade numbers for the 2023 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30th.

USDA economist, Bart Kenner, with a look at FY23 export totals for some major bulk commodities.

Grain and oilseed markets lost ground Thursday in reaction to a surprisingly large USDA corn crop forecast. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer looks at USDA's new forecasts for the soybean crop.