Outlooks. We will also hear from the usda chief economist at this forum. It is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everybody. If you could please find your seat. I would like to welcome everyone to usda 96 annual outlook forum. Usda oldest annual meeting. I am stephen, deputy secretary of agriculture. It is great to see everyone here this morning. This years theme is that innovation imperative. Shaping the future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce something we have been working on at usda called the agriculture innovation agenda. We are excited to share more with you this morning. I am joined in this room by many of you that are working to shape the future of our agriculture economy. It is important that we take stock, not only where we are today, but also where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand with rising standards of living at a time when producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditio
You can take time to get ready for work if you work for the federal government. Federal offices are opening with a twohour delayed arrival. You have the option for unscheduled leave or telework. Your kids have another day off today. Every major, and for that matter, minor School System closed because of the winter storm. We have a complete list of closings at the bottom of the screen and at nbcwashington. Com. Looking outside over washington, d. C. , it looks really pretty, but looks can be deceiving. It is bitterly cold with many snowpacked streets. Chuck bell with more on what lies ahead. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Theres a whole lot of crunchy, crunchy, crunchy, crunchy as you go down the side streets as the snow that fell yesterday is blowing and drifting around and getting crunchy. Temperatures, Single Digits and low teens across the area. Were at 12 downtown, but 5 in gaithersburg, 16 in culpeper, 10 degrees in manassas. Temperatures have fallen 20 to 30 degrees over
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