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* - February 16 - 22 is National Engineers Week - * The career of the 2025 Natural Resources Conservation Service Engineer of the Year includes dedication to control floods through dam engineering and safety. (Rod Bain and Texas State Conservation Engineer Shane Ice)

* - February 16 - 22 is National Engineers Week - * Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Engineer Division Director Kevin Farmer discusses a national honor for federal engineers, and NRCS's Engineer of the Year for 2025.

2025 Natural Resources Conservation Service Engineer of the Year Shane Ice discusses his honor and his career in conservation engineering.

A USDA website has available information for both ag producers and tax experts on various aspects of return preparation with a farm focus. (Rod Bain. Adam Kantrovich of Clemson University Extension. Sarah Campbell of the Farm Service Agency.)

The website, www.ruraltax.org, is one of the resources offered by a committee of land grant university extension tax experts to assist growers and tax pros with return preparation. (Rod Bain. Kevin Burkett of Clemson University. Rob Holcomb of the University of Minnesota.)

The Agriculture Secretary announced the latest in a series of regulatory reforms within the Packers and Stockyards Act - this one focused on the poultry tournament system. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Tom Vilsack closes out a second tour of duty as our nation’s Agriculture Secretary – a total of twelve years as head of the Department. What are some of his reflections of his time in office, and of continuity between two different eras of service? Rod Bain visits with Secretary Vilsack in this...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks about the components within a poultry tournament system reform rule announced this week.

What might a portrait of the Agriculture Secretary reflect from his second time in office, compared to his portrait at USDA headquarters capturing his initial eight years leading USDA? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses rules recently updated within the Packers and Stockyards Act, including a poultry tournament system rule update announced Monday.