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The recent groundbreaking of our nation's first sterile fly production facility is the latest step in USDA led efforts to prevent New World Screwworm - a threat to U.S. livestock and animal populations - from entering our county. And it provided the Agriculture Secretary opportunity to discuss...

USDA's new Office of Seafood focuses not just on the seafood industry but includes freshwater aquaculture harvesters and processors as well. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Office of Seafood Acting Director Michael Illenburg. Agricultural Research Service National Program Leader Caird Rexroad.

Recent USDA led Agricultural Trade Missions provided a glimpse of two Southeast Asian markets and their growing demand for U.S. farm and food products, as well as similar demand in that region of the world. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign...

What is the latest on USDA programs to assist crop and specialty crop producers through this growing season? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce

Genetic research by USDA is behind the development of an alfalfa variety with a greater tolerance to high salinity levels found in irrigation ground water or recycled water. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and geneticist Devinder Sandhu

Another round of payments and deadline extensions are among the recent announcements made by the Agriculture Secretary regarding the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program for ag producers. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins) (Audio courtesy of Brownfield Ag News)

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discusses recent update to payment factors within USDA's Supplemental Disaster Relief Program. (Audio courtesy of Brownfield Ag News).

What are some of the steps taken by USDA and the federal government to address current challenges to fertilizer supplies and prices, and what might be announced in the near future? (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins) (Audio courtesy of Brownfield Ag News)

What is the rate of progress for both this year's corn and soybean crops to date as planting continues and emergence now underway? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over states recording significant planting progress for the period ending April 26th.