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Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal provides various examples of rural business cooperatives and how they serve customers both locally and nationally.

* - ATTN: Bat Week is October 24 - 31 - * The annual awareness campaign about bats, their role in agriculture, and threats to their existence, is now international in scope. (Rod Bain and Kim Winter of the US Forest Service)

Kim Winter of the U.S. Forest Service discusses the history of the Bat Week awareness campaign and its growth as an educational event globally.

* - ATTN: October is National Cooperative Month - * A part of USDA Rural Development focuses on business cooperatives and their vital role in rural economies. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal)

The "Feds Feed Families" program is celebrating a food donation milestone. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Coming soon--a U.S. agricultural trade mission to Southeast Asia. (Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture Alexis Taylor)

There's been a little bit of improvement in the moisture condition of the nation's topsoils. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski reviews USDA's latest forecasts for milk category and class prices.

Christine Loiacono of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service discusses the make-up and purpose of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.

Some of the nation's leading animal health and biodefense laboratories are joining forces to improve early detection of disease threats. (Rod Bain and National Animal Health Laboratory Network Coordinator Christie Loiacono)