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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.

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)

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.

What is the connection between the nation’s biobased products industry and impacts to the U.S. economy? Some answers are provided via a recent USDA commissioned economic impact analysis. (Rod Bain and Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Betsy Dirksen-Londrigan)

Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator Betsy Dirksen-Londrigan talks about the potential of the biobased product industry on rural economies, and how consumers can learn more about biobased products at ‘www.biopreferred.gov”.

Minimal changes were noted within USDA’s March series of crop reports, however, one category reflecting some adjustments were crop prices. (Rod Bain)

The Presidential State of the Union address Thursday included mention of various USDA efforts ranging from high speed internet to conservation. (Rod Bain and President Joe Biden)

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)