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USDA economist, Carrie Litkowski, with the 2024 USDA forecast for farm cash receipts.

USDA economist, Carrie Litkowski, with the 2024 net cash income forecast, compared to the 2023 figure.

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski talks about sessions opening up the 100th USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum on February 15th. * - More information about the Ag Outlook Forum is available at "www.usda.gov/oce/ag-outlook-forum". - *

The panels and participants for the 100th USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Thursday plenary are now known, with a variety of subjects covered. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

How will the farm economy bear up under a projected major cut in farm income this year? (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Carrie Litkowski)

The person who served as USDA's first Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary died Monday, leaving a legacy of service to agriculture. (Rod Bain and Bill Northey)

USDA is making another round of Emergency Relief Program payments to eligible producers for disaster losses suffered in 2020 and 2021. (Gary Crawford and USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

An unusual warm spell continues for some winter wheat growing areas, making producers weary about potential impacts from cold weather to crops slowly coming out of dormancy. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

It is a mixed bag of weather impacts associated with an El Nino related weather phenomenon traveling though the Southern half of the Golden State. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes some of the weather impacts associated with a recent series of heavy rains in Southern California.