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No matter if the Independence Day celebration includes a cookout or picnic, keep food safety in mind for your July Fourth menu. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA food safety expert Meredith Carothers

The nation's semiquincentennial this year provides opportunities to see how agricultural enterprise and innovation has grown in America. Rod Bain talks with a history expert about periods of ag enterprise and innovation over the past 250 years in this edition of "Agriculture USA". PARTICPANTS: Rod...

From now until year's end, local USDA Farm Service Agency areas are conducting the election process for County Committee seats, starting with candidate nominations now underway. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary Richard Fordyce

USDA's latest Cattle on Feed Report gives indication of some trend changes from the previous month. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell

Cherries are associated in several ways to the Independence Day period, but what is the outlook for how many cherries are available this year? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. USDA tart cherry curator Ben Gutierrez. Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Small and very small meat and poultry processing facilities - several found in rural areas - have unique support needs, leading USDA to implement an action plan to provide that support. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears

Two-hundred fifty plus years of agriculture in our country can be experienced with visits to various historical farms - each providing slices of time on the farm and what an ag operation looked like. Rod Bain provides examples of historical farms in this edition of "Agriculture USA". PARTICIPANTS...

USDA issued its latest look at cattle in feedlots Thursday, but what were some of the numbers indicating trend wise? (Rod Bain and livestock analyst Michael McConnell)

Perhaps a form of colonial era extension - some of our nation's founding fathers were not only farmers, but shared information with each other, and the nation, about agrarian experiments and crop development. (Rod Bain and USDA fruit geneticist Ben Gutierrez

Keeping care of the lawn and garden during extreme heat includes how and when to water. (Rod Bain and Kansas State University Extension's Cynthia Domenghini)