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A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes the first two Atlantic Basin hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. in 2024. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes an autumn hurricane crossing Florida – one where damage values are still being estimated. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes one of the most damaging hurricanes in modern history. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA recently released its latest edition of its Census of Aquaculture, with data on how much this industry has grown over a five-year period. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service explains the definition of aquaculture as it pertains to USDA's Census of Aquaculture.

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses how the Census of Agriculture provides key data for Census of Aquaculture.

The USDA's Equity Commission has begun its work. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh.)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, at the opening meeting of USDA's Equity Commission, explaining the overall work of the Commission.

Equity Commission Co-Chairs - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh and Arturo Rodriguez, former President of the United Farmworkers, with brief comments Monday at the first meeting of USDA's Equity Commission.

The overall index of prices received by farmers in January dropped, but not by much. (Gary Crawford)