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USDA recently announced funding awards associated with its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program as means to conserve various farm and watershed easements. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie discusses two aspects of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - Agricultural Land Easements and Wetland Reserve Easements.

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie explains how the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) provides both environmental and economic benefits for participating landowners.

Consumer demand for pork is projected to rise this year. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

Is the struggling turkey industry in the midst of a turnaround? Maybe. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

Will margins this year for milk producers be any better than last year? (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

Producers on average received more price-wise for their commodities in March, as revealed in the latest Agriculture Department Ag Prices Report. (Rod Bain)

The proposed American Families Plan would protect most farmers from big capital gains taxes. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying that the American Families Plan has no changes to current farm estate tax rules.

Families struggling to put food on the table are, of course, benefitting from stepped up nutrition assistance programs, such as SNAP, but Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says the benefits extend to many other Americans. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)