As part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum U.S. Host Year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack chaired the Food Security Ministerial and highlighted the relationship between agri-food systems and climate change, food security and sustainable productivity growth last week. Building on USDA’s 2023 APEC agricultural subtheme,

July runoff in the Missouri River Basin runoff was near or above average in all reaches except the Fort Peck reach, which was 68 percent of average. Above Sioux City, Iowa, runoff was 3.3 million acrefeet, 99 percent of average. “Soil moisture conditions deteriorated in Montana, North Dakota and northern South Dakota over the last month and improved across southern South Dakota and into