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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.)

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)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, notes some of the states reporting either extreme in topsoil moisture in the final condition report for 2022.