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The Sacramento region exemplifies the critical role being played by the agriculture sector to drive a regions export and local economies, as well as complement local land use and community development goals.

Investing in federal forest timber products is the most productive way of producing jobs of any federal program since each $1 million invested in the federal timber products budget produces 39.7 jobs, a ratio is better than investing in mass transit, building roads or even investing in biomass.

American Farmland Trust, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Foundation NFP will host the National Agricultural Landscapes Forum to discuss strategies to improve agricultural conservation policies.

Last week's House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearings and the House budget debate may have marked the beginning of the 2012 Farm Bill debate.

Tom Daschle explains the importance of innovation both in reinvigorating the U.S. economy and improving economies around the world.

Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman shows its urgent to increase agricultural production to deal with the accelerating global food crisis.

President Ronald Reagan, who would have turned 100 years old on Feb. 6, 2011, belongs to all of us as a national legacy; I had the special privilege to know him personally and serve in his cabinet.

Conservation expert and former NRCS Chief Bruce Knight says improved sustainability need not be just increased costs, it’s a win-win for farmers.

Marshall Matz,developing agriculture, Africa, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA, African Union, Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme, Joe DeVries, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation