Search

Some areas of rain over the past week contributed to slight improvement in the latest USDA Topsoil Moisture Condition report. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer, with the latest 2024 food price forecast.

USDA has a new food price forecast for 2024. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer)

USDA is forecasting lower food price inflation for 2025. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer)

Alice Cohen of the U.S. Forest Service explains fee free days, observed on certain days of the year to encourage visits to our nation's public land day use parks.

National Public Lands Day (September 28) and Veterans Day (November 11) are among the fee free days observed by the U.S. Forest Service and other federal agencies overseeing operations of day use parks on public lands. (Rod Bain and Alice Cohen of the U.S. Forest Service)

There are no big surprises in USDA' Hogs and Pigs report. (Gary Crawford and USDA kivestock analyst, Mike McConnell)

USDA kivestock analyst, Mike McConnell), has key Number from the Hogs and Pigs report;

USDA Livestock analyst, Mike McConnell) says growth in pigs per litter is helping shape the hog market.

There are many definitions from several viewpoints what food security is, including two involving fertilizers and crop protection products. (Rod Bain. Corey Rosenbusch of the Fertilizer Institute. Kellie Bray of CropLife America.)