RURAL AMERICA:

Good morning I’m Clinton Griffiths. Has rural America lost its voice? That's a concerned being voiced by the nation's top advocate of agriculture...USDA secretary Tom Vilsack.

RUSSIA EXPORT:

Just days after the U.S. Senate voted to grant permanent normal trade relations to Russia, that country is set to ban imports of U.S. beef and pork.

BRAZIL:

Brazil is reporting its first case of BSE. And apparently it happened two years ago. The World Organization of Animal Health - often referred to as OIE - says a 13-year-old beef cow in southern Brazil died in December 2010.

CROP WATCH:

Parts of the dry Midwest got a very welcome blanket of snow. Mike Hoffman has details in cropwatch.

DAIRY TODAY:

In news from our partners at Dairy Today - could dairies see higher milk prices in 2013?

FERTILIZER PLANT:

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