The future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce something that we have been working on a 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 agricultural economy. It is important that we take stock, not only of where we are today but also of where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand with rising standards of living in a time where producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditions needed to farm, including the climate. Our chief economist, doctor rob johansson, will provide an indepth overview of the state of the farm economy. There is a lot to taken in 2019, it was certainly not a typical year. There were many factors influence in the economy including extreme weather, trade and policy changes an importing and exporting countries to name just a few. Following doctor jays top, the secret
Good morning everybody. If you could please find your seats. I would like to welcome everyone to usdas 96 annual outlook form. The u. S. s oldest annual meeting. Im the deputy secretary of agriculture and is great to see everyone here this morning. This years team is the innovation imperative, shaping the future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce something that we have been working on a 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 agricultural economy. It is important that we take stock, not only of where we are today but also of where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand with rising standards of living in a time where producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditions needed to farm, including the climate. Our chief economist, doctor rob johansson, will provide an indepth overv
1864 is very nervous. A lot of cloud cover so the lows are up. A lot of rain possible down towards monterey and i bet thats about where it stays. 40s, 50s on the temps. A lot of cloud cover. Pretty mild. Expecting rain. Sal caon the peninsula, sal . Well they have a couple of lanes open, steve. Southbound 101 there was a crash there since about 2 00 this morning. They have traffic getting by in two lanes. However, they do have a couple of lanes still closed. I would recommend using 280 heading down if you are driving on northbound 101, its not affecting you or on the san mateo bridge. 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. All right. Sal. New this morning from afghanistan. A new deal promised by the taliban will start tonight. The state Department Says the United States and the taliban the goal, building a permanent cease fire between both sides and bringing american troops home from afghanistan. U. S. Forces have been in afghanistan since october 2001. It is americas longest war. The Sheriff
And the low the low. Temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. Oaklands at 50 degrees. San joses under cloudy skies. A lot of cloud cover but the system is too far to the south. Could be some very light rain but the lower layers of the atmosphere are extremely dry. 40s and 50s for most. If youre going to Southern California theyll get cloud cover and rain. It will be warm. 60s and low 70s here. Sal castanedas here. The peninsula still slow, sal . Thats right. We still have a couple of lanes closed let me put this on a map for you. Southbound 101 heading down towards san mateo. Right near 3rd, the traffic is backing up now as they continue the investigation. Alyssa harington is live there to show us the scene of a crash thats deadly. Behind me, you can see the crash and i want to show you whats going on with the lanes of traffic. Chp has closed all lanes again. What weve learned is that the person killed was a Good Samaritan who had only gotten out of his vehicle to help another driver. Just
School, kia wood. And we were informed that she was arrested for felony sex crimes and we were told that there was an improper relationship with students in 1990s at the high school. Kyleann wood is a teacher. We reached out to parents there but no one got back to us. When we were on campus with, he did hear students chanting free miss wood. Wood was arrested at her home wednesday night. She is being held in lieu of 150,000 bail. Residents across the street told us they were shocked that she is an extremely helpful and good neighbor. Court documents state that complaint was filed october of 2019. Our priority is absolutely student safety. What we hear of Something Like this, it really shakes us to the core. And so we are, you know, reaching out and if anyone knows anything, we want them to come forward. The teacher is on administrative leave pending Police Investigation and our own internal investigation which has commenced. Reporter and as bhengsed early eshgs it is worth noting that