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A senior USDA official recognizes both the importance of working farm and forest lands in resource conservation, and the need to keep operations economically viable. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Providing incentive based programs and tools to assist growers and landowners with working lands conservation is essential in adaptation efforts, according to an Agriculture Department official. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie discusses need to balance working lands conservation with economic viability for producers and landowners.

There are many definitions from several viewpoints what food security is, including two involving food in households and sustainable ag practices. (Rod Bain. USDA research economist Matthew Rabbitt. Former Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini.)

There are few avaiable clues in USDA's Cattle on Feed report as to the direction the beef industry is headed. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam, with key numbers from the Cattle on Feed report.

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)

A record setting very short-to-short topsoil moisture condition rating for our country is part of the final USDA topsoil moisture condition report for this year. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)