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Producers have until March 29th to enroll acreage in USDA’s General Conservation Reserve Program. (Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie)

Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie discuss aspects of the Conservation Reserve Program including the current General CRP sign-up underway through March 29th.

The first half of the history of the U.S. Forest Service included significant, yet perhaps unsung, contributions from women to the agency and our forests, according to one historian. (Rod Bain and Forest Service historian Rachel Kline)

U.S. Forest Service historian Rachel Kline offers examples of some women involved in development of the agency, and important components within it.

U.S. Forest Service historian Rachel Kline discusses women in the early years of the agency involved in efforts in teaching the public on the importance of our nation's forests and their protection.

A family dream and community connections are behind efforts to produce and promote coffee from Hawaii's Ka'u region, from the perspective of a mother-daughter coffee grower team. (Rod Bain and Joan Obra)

Hawaiian coffee producers and sellers, Lorie and Joan Obra, discuss their efforts to keep the dreams of Lorie's husband alive, and in the process, play a role in establishing the Ka'u district as a premiere coffee region.

USDA is helping producers affected by those catastrophic wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma. (Gary Crawford)

USDA is conducting farmer surveys for two major reports that will be released later this month. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

What does USDA say regarding milk production, product demand, and prices for this new year? (Rod Bain and economist Michael McConnell)