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The voting period is now underway for USDA Farm Service Agency County Committees - with elections taking place through February 2nd. (Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Bill Beam)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Bill Beam explains some of the ways FSA County Committee members serve producers in their area, their communities, and USDA.

Winter wheat condition, topsoil moisture, and pasture and rangeland conditions were among the reports from states giving off-season accounts for USDA's January State Stories. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey explains how USDA's off-season monthly reports provide data on various field related conditions from contributing states.

Cattle producers have several considerations as they protect their livestock from arctic weather conditions, or in the case of the start of this year, several arctic blasts. (Rod Bain and Karl Hoppe of North Dakota State University Extension)

Karl Hoppe of North Dakota State University Extension notes how cattle will seek shelter from winds, particularly like arctic blasts experienced across different parts of the country in recent days.

Cabinet members this week introduced the newest edition of federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans covering the years 2025 through 2030. (Rod Bain. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discusses various aspects and focuses of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued this week.

USDA's first crop report briefing of the new year will include participation by the Department's new Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

* - USDA's January Crop Production Reports and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates will be released Monday, January 12, at Noon Eastern Time - * Plenty of information will be incorporated into USDA's first Crop Production Reports and Supply and Demand Estimates of the new year. (Rod Bain...