Radio Newsline

As the spring planting season begins and winter wheat starts to develop, USDA is involved in a huge weekly undertaking that brings us every Monday a look at planting progress and crop development (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig,with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service saying that the weekly crop progress report is as near to real time crop information as you can get. (The "reporters" he refers to are the people across the country who provide crop progress data each week to USDA.)

Price prospects for several major crops are not improving--in fact, just the opposite. (Gary Crawford)

What impacts did USDA's March grains and rice stocks reports have when April's domestic supply and demand estimate was issued Thursday? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses how extreme dryness in both Mexico and South Africa is playing a role in lower corn production forecasts for those nations.

With major production states reporting in April, USDA revised its all-orange production for the country this month. (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski talking about world wheat trade and season ending stocks forecast.

USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski with comments on stronger U.S. rice exports.

USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski saying that more corn is going into ethanol production than was previously projected.

What were the factors behind an improvement in the most recent USDA national topsoil moisture condition report? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)