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The Agriculture Secretary Wednesday announced the latest developments within a clean energy production and conversion program involving rural electric cooperatives. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Five projects are selected to advance for consideration for funding under USDA’s Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program. (Rod Bain and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andy Berke)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses interest in USDA's Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program, including announcement Wednesday of the first group of selected applications.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shares five projects currently under consideration for funding under USDA’s Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program.

USDA recently announced the latest round of loans and loan guarantees designed to build and improve rural electric infrastructure throughout the country. (Rod Bain and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andy Berke)

USDA is surveying thousands of farmers about their planting plans. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service talks about the ways farmers can respond to USDA's Prospective Plantings survey,

Markets are awaiting USDA's new forecasts for crop supply, demand and prices. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski) ***USDA's World Supply and Demand Forecasts will be released Friday, March 8th at noon EST***

The role our nation’s dams play in everything from irrigation, power generation, and recreation is important. Yet with several of these structures aging, work is underway to repair and restore dams while educating those living around these facilities about dam safety awareness. Rod Bain talks with...

*-STATIONS : Dam Safety Awareness Day is Tuesday, May 31st. -* Understanding the importance of safety awareness in areas where dams are located grows more important as more of these structures become surrounded by suburban and urban areas. (Rod Bain and Jose Hernandez of the Natural Resources...