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The weekend could begin in a part of the northern Gulf Coast with the arrival of the season's first Atlantic hurricane. (Rod Bain and Chief Meteorologist Brad Rippey)

2025 was reported as a record year for exports of American ethanol, so how does 2026 appear regarding the potential breaking of that record? (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg)

Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins explains the need for citizens to be mindful of state invasive pest quarantine areas and restrictions in transporting firewood from such areas.

Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins explains the importance of burning firewood where you purchase it to prevent spread of invasive plant pests.

Keeping invasive plant pests from inadvertently hitchhiking via firewood transport and possibly threaten native plant species could be as simple as following one piece of advice. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Dudley Hoskins)

A regenerative agriculture pilot program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service recently updated for the new fiscal year through increased financial and technical assistance. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard...

The spooky season can get children - and parents - frightened about what might be lurking out there, and what could potentially cause harm. Rod Bain talks with an Extension expert on safety advice for the Halloween season in this report. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Ivalisse Colon of North Carolina...

Keeping hitchhiking invasive pests from traveling in your firewood for camping or winter heat - and causing significant threats to native plants - involves a simple philosophy, according to a senior USDA official. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory...

It is the latest Agriculture Department effort to strengthen our nation's food security - designed to fully understand our country's plant genetic material collection and obtain information quickly when need arises - whether in developing disease tolerant varieties or in producing desired traits in...

What does the production forecast for our nation's pear crop point to for this season? (Rod Bain and USDA economist Catharine Weber)