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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***

A senior USDA trade official discussed some of the possible impacts on agriculture trade associated with a potential government shutdown. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor)

Representatives from various state agriculture departments offered their perspective on potential trade opportunities after participating in a USDA-led ag trade mission to Chile. (Rod Bain. North Dakota Ag Commissioner Doug Goehring. Colorado Ag Commissioner Kate Greenberg.)