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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 Deputy Agriculture Secretary provided details on participation and meetings during last week's USDA-led agricultural trade mission to the United Kingdom. (Rod Bain and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh)

The Deputy Agriculture Secretary talked with reporters Monday about some of the issues covered with United Kingdom counterparts during the recent U.S. ag trade mission to that region. (Rod Bain and Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh)

Have farmers actually planted more soybeans than corn this spring? The answer to that will be known later this week. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, talking about the upcoming Acreage Report and whether or not it will verify the surprisingly results of the March USDA survey of farmer planting intentions.

The nation'spring and winter wheat crops have done a major flip-flop from last year. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)