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National Cooperative Month this October provides recognition for the importance of rural utility services such as electricity and telecommunications. (Rod Bain and Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke)

Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke explains how the cooperative business model works.

Rural Utilities Service Administrator Andrew Berke talks about the history and theme of National Cooperative Month.

The Chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service says recent increases in funding and outreach are behind new applicants of various conservation programs. (Rod Bain and Chief Terry Cosby)

One of the many regions of the world suffering a reduction in agricultural productivity is Sub-Saharan Africa. (Gary Crawford. Dr. Tom Thompson with Virginia Tech University. Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwean farmer)

Zimbabwean farmer, Ruramiso Mashumba, telling a Washington, D.C. panel discussion on agricultural productivity that sometimes the programs to help small farmers in developing countries are the programs that are keeping them from access to modern farm technology.

Zimbabwean farmer, Ruramiso Mashumba, telling a Washington, D.C. panel discussion on agricultural productivity that productivity is falling in her country partially due to the lack of new crop varieties.

USDA was among the federal agencies releasing announcements on co-stewardship efforts with tribal nations on federal lands during the White House Tribal Nations Summit Wednesday. (Rod Bain and President Joe Biden)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the White House Tribal Nations Summit, talking about current and pending agreements with tribal nations for co-management of federal lands.

How did a month-over-month decline in what crop producers received for prices for their commodIties impact USDA's latest Agricultural Prices index? (Rod Bain)