The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture or the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1621 et seq.), or both, to develop projects or programs that are designed to improve, expand, and correlate the work of both agencies in any of the following:
(a) Federal-state cooperative crop reporting.
(b) Federal-state cooperative market news services.
(c) Seed and crop improvement.
(d) Agricultural products certification.
(e) Marketing orders and programs.
(f) Milk and milk products stabilization.
(g) Market enforcement.
(h) Agricultural trade.
(i) Agricultural commodities, grades, and standards.
(j) Prepackaging of, and special containers for, shipment of any farm product.