The Agriculture Secretary says the next farm bill should focus not just on traditional programs for large farmers. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling the Senate Agriculture Committee that despite two years of record high farm sector incomes, almost half of U.S. farmers lost money.

The Agriculture Secretary says that agricultural disaster programs need more built-in flexibility. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling the Senate Ag. Committee Why disaster bills should be as general and flexible as possible.

How close are we to being able to vaccinate poultry against avian influenza? (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling the Senate Agriculture Committee about the process involved of getting compensation payments to farmers who have in the past been discriminated against in USDA lending programs. The Inflation Reduction Act allotted 2.1 billion dollars for that compensation.

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.