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A group of land grant university extension economists and social scientists recently offered their take on 2024 from the perspective of economic trends and challenges for producers. Rod Bain goes over their projections and possibilities in this edition of “Agriculture USA”. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain...

The USDA has just approved hundreds of Renewable Energy for America projects. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA has just given the green light to more fertilizer production expansion projects. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

The first meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Committee on Cooperation in Agriculture in almost nine years recently occurred with the Agriculture Secretary among the participants. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Ten projects were awarded USDA grants designed to foster market development for organic agricultural products. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Lower domestic milk production both in 2023 and 2024 is expected to assist with higher prices in some product and class categories, per USDA’s latest forecasts. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski covers USDA's latest outlook for milk product and class prices.

USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell, with the key numbers in Friday's USDA Cattle on Feed report.

No major surprises in USDA's December Cattle on Feed report. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Mike McConnell.)

USDA’s January pork production and hog price forecasts offers a glimpse of the impact from last month’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)