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What kind of damage have feral swine done to your livestock operation? That's one of the questions USDA is asking in a 13-state producer survey. (Gary Crawford. Travis Averill with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Sophia McKee with USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Local Farm Service Agency offices are now accepting applications for a new program assisting livestock and poultry producers financially impacted by the pandemic. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux

Local Farm Service Agency offices will soon accept applications for a new program assisting livestock and poultry producers financially impacted by the pandemic. (Rod Bain and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

USDA is starting work on rules that would help create a fairer marketplace for livestock producers by strengthening enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

A USDA veterinarian who normally works with livestock is helping to administer COVID vaccines to people in Nevada. (Stephanie Ho and Kate Kilzer, USDA veterinarian)

Ag producers struggled to keep their young livestock alive during the recent cold outbreak. (Stephanie Ho and Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist)

World rice production could set a new record this year. Some of that rice may be going into feeding livestock. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

A combination of extreme wintry weather will take a heavy toll on livestock in the Plains and Midwest. (Stephanie Ho and Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist)