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A USDA agency promotes August as a perfect time for home and property owners to check trees for signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle, but how to go about it? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Kathryn Bronsky of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

* - Stations-Networks: Please no longer air this after 4 PM Eastern Friday, August 8 - * * - Details about the Great American Farmers Market ... August 3 - 8 ... are available online at "www.usda.gov/gafm". - * Opening ceremonies kicked off both a celebration of our nation's farmers markets and our...

Most crops and commodities noted shrinking drought coverage during July with one notable exception. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey

What are some of the trends connected to farmland values and cash rents for farm land as revealed in USDA’s annual study? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer

USDA’s annual almond outlook provides some favorable facts regarding U.S. almonds in general and this year’s crop in particular. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA research economist Catharine Weber

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes harvest progress of the nation's spring wheat crop for the period ending August 3rd.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over the domestic peanut crop progress report for the period ending August 3rd.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about various rice crop progress categories, including the start of harvest, for the period ending August 3rd.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey offers the latest numbers on harvest of this year's national winter wheat crop as of August 3rd.

* - August 3 - 9 is National Farmers Market Week - * What makes the make-up of a farmer's market a challenge to define exactly what it is? (Rod Bain and Americo Vega of the Agricultural Marketing Service)