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The Agriculture Secretary believes a study of markets for ag producers such as with climate smart agriculture should be conduct prior to crafting a new Farm Bill. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

USDA's latest agricultural trade update shows big gains in U.S. exports. (Gary Crawford and Bart Kenner, USDA economist)

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, giving some of the major bulk product export numbers for the first four months of fiscal year 2021.

Bart Kenner, USDA economist, saying that during the first four months of this fiscal year, the U.S. agricultural trade surplus has grown quite a lot because of a 28% increase in exports at 63.2 billion dollars.

Latest numbers show Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products are continuing to be far above last year's levels. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

For trade data purposes USDA is changing the definition of "agricultural" products to include more products. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Bart Kenner)

Starlings can be costly pests when they steal and contaminate dairy feed. (Stephanie Ho and Ken Preusser, USDA's Wildlife Services)

Starlings can cost dairy farms more than just the the amount of the feed that the birds consume. (Stephanie Ho; Stephanie Shwiff, USDA's Wildlife Services; Ken Preusser, USDA's Wildlife Services)

USDA research economist, Stephanie Shwiff, says it has not been easy for dairy producers to effectively deal with starlings, which can cause millions of dollars of damage at their dairies.

USDA researchers are studying how various non-lethal tools and strategies within an integrated approach can protect livestock from predator attack. (Rod Bain. Julie Young and Elizabeth Miller of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services)