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A new Secretarial advisory committee focused on technical assistance and verifying carbon credits for growers is now accepting applications. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses USDA efforts to establish technical assistance provider and third-party verifier protocols and models for carbon credits – part of the mission of a new Secretarial Climate Solutions Act Advisory Committee.

USDA’s latest annual look at farmland values point to another year-over-year rise, but what does this signal about land value strength? (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer looks at year-over-year comparison on farmland values and cash rents with an eye on strength of such values in the context of additional economic factors.

A visit to an ethanol industry conference Thursday provided the Agriculture Secretary opportunity to highlight its Regional Conservation Partnership Program. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provides an American Coalition for Ethanol effort as an example of how USDA's Regional Conservation Partnership Program can work on the ground level.

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.)

The surprise within USDA's Quarterly Grain Stocks Report isn't the corn and soybean stock levels, according to the Agriculture Department's Chief Economist. (Rod Bain and Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer looks at the trend of more grains stocks held by farmers as reflected in the September Quarterly Stocks Report.