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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling the Senate Agriculture Committee that the U.S. is very active on the trade front and he presents a list of actions to prove it.

Prescribed burning as a fuel reduction method occurs in our nation's forest all year round, including the winter months. (Rod Bain and Stephen Fillmore of the U.S. Forest Service)

Stephen Fillmore and Jerry Perez of the U.S. Forest Service discuss planning for, and application of, prescribed burns as a wildfire fuel treatment in our nation's forest, in general, and specifically during the winter months.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling the Senate Agriculture Committee that USDA has been hiring more people to relieve a staff shortage, but is having trouble retaining those workers.

USDA's first weekly look at this season's winter wheat condition indicates lingering concerns about the effects of extremely dry soils to the Southern Plains' crop. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Well above normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains also means higher snow water equivalency, which a USDA meteorologist explains. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

Structures in some mountain areas of the West are facing issues resulting from above normal snowpack accumulations. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides data from one of the Sierra-Nevada mountain snow gauges to illustrate the above normal snowpack levels in that range this winter.

Dairy operators this year could see more pressure on their margins. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

The broiler industry is on a path to boost production this year, but what will that do to producer prices? (Gary Crawford. USDA economist, Justin Choe. USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)