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USDA’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Laboratorian Training Program students work in the training lab at Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute. Photo by Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Written by Rebecca Donaldson nbaf@usda.gov NBAF Office of...

Compared to the past four years, 2024 seems quiet regarding lack of a singular event causing shocks in the farm market and farm prices, according to USDA’s Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)

Nearly 500 people participated in tours and educational displays as part of NBAF’s Family Day Written by Stephanie Jacques stephanie.jacques@usda.gov NBAF Office of Communications Website: usda.gov/nbaf/media Manhattan, Kansas — The USDA National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF, welcomed...

Will egg prices decline in 2025? (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Megan Sweitzer)

The recently released Census of Aquaculture provides details into the top selling types of seafood for 2023 and other sales data. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes significant Western wildfire activity this summer and fall. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year late winter wildfires that impacted parts of Texas and Oklahoma. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at total wildfire acreage burned in the U.S. in 2024, including significant wildfire activity out West duing the summer.

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes an autumn hurricane crossing Florida – one where damage values are still being estimated. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes the first two Atlantic Basin hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. in 2024. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)