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USDA recently joined a federal Memorandum of Understanding in resolving issues with rural septic systems and other decentralized wastewater units. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke

Four Tribal Nations were the first recipients of a USDA grant program designed to strengthen food sovereignty and expand local and regional supply chains. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal

A USDA meteorologist provides his list of the top weather stories for the U.S. in 2023. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey

Did you go into debt to buy those holiday gifts? Are the bills flooding in? Are you broke? What can you do? Gary Crawford has answers in this report. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Amanda Woods, Ohio State University Extension Financial Health Specialist.

When a USDA meteorologist was recently asked about weather highlights of the past year, he offered a top ten list, based on somewhat chronological order, and not by ranking of most to least significance. Rod Bain goes over his list of top 2023 weather events and some of their impacts in this edition...

USDA's Prices report shows most farm commodity prices are below what they were one year ago. (Gary Crawford)

In the battle for acreage this spring who will come out on top--corn or soybeans? (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

One expert says it could be more difficult for producers to turn a profit in 2024. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Old Christmas trees are being re-purposed to do more than be turned into mulch. (Gary Crawford and Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says farmers should be able to weather another year of possible lower incomes.