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How is the latest update on Brazilian cotton production impacting USDA's March world cotton supply and demand estimate? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Despite no action on the U.S. rice balance sheet in March, the season ending average price forecast increased. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

So far this year food price inflation has been surprisingly stubborn. (Gary Crawford and Carolyn Chelius, USDA economist)

Carolyn Chelius, USDA economist, covering what the February Consumer Price Index says about food prices last month.

There were few changes from last month in USDA's latest Supply and Demand forecasts. (Gary Crawford)

What were some of the notable items within the Agriculture Department's latest crop production and supply and demand reports? (Rod Bain and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

A revision of California Valencia production numbers coupled with updates from Florida's citrus crop led to a slight increase in all U.S. orange production this month. (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA is extending several pandemic-related waivers that will allow children to receive meals this summer when schools are out of session. (Stephanie Ho and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA has continued to provide waivers to help school meals providers meet the needs of their communities during the pandemic. (Stephanie Ho and Sarah Smith-Holmes, acting Deputy Administrator for Child Nutrition Programs)

Sarah Smith-Holmes, acting Deputy Administrator for Child Nutrition Programs, lists all the pandemic waivers for school meals that USDA has extended through the summer.