ns1.usda.gov has no CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns1.usda.gov. NS
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
usda.gov. 900 SOA ns1.usda.gov. duty\.officer.usda.gov. 2025520061 90000 9000 90000 900
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0