The next USDA report on hunger in the U.S. will be the last
The next USDA report on hunger in the U.S. will be the last  
Podcast: Marketplace All-in-One
Published On: Wed Sep 24 2025
Description: Every fall for about three decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture comes out with a report assessing food security across the country. We'll get the latest in a month, but it will be the last. The USDA is terminating the annual report, saying it was “politicized.” Researchers, however, say it was vital. Also on the show: no sure thing on the future of interest rates and the costs for Chinese adoptees to search for their birth family.