Max Armstrong notes that climate mitigation by farmers is in the spotlight. Max offers some background on Robert Bonnie, deputy chief of staff for policy and senior adviser Climate, in the Office of the Secretary at USDA. Sec. Tom Vilsack says that Bonnie is committed to working with landowners to make climate-smart practices work for them including working lands conservation and other tools.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.