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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his counterpart in Mexico last week to announce the opening of Mexico to U.S. potato exports by May 15.

USDA data shows the coronavirus, which has shut down meat plants and put millions out of work, will reduce American meat consumption 4% this year.

The USDA Economic Research Service updated their net farm income forecast for 2019, now expects net farm income to increase $4.0 billion or 4.8% from 2018 to $88 billion.

**Almost 40% of rural Americans do not have access to broadband internet service. According to the Wall Street Journal, that amounts to about 23 million people whose on-line service can be compared to dial-up speeds, at best. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says broadband connectivity should be considered the “roads, sewers and water” of the modern age, but industry estimates say it costs $30,000 per mi