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USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about the most notable of recent Southern California wildfires and its impacts to populated areas and agriculture.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses some of the conditions behind an increase in wildfire activity in the Northeast – an unusual occurrence this time of year.
Several areas nationwide have experienced a November of significant rains and snow – a contract to a very dry October. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)
Forecasters are keeping an eye on development of a system in the Caribbean Sea that could become a tropical storm or hurricane, but what are the chances of landfall in the U.S. mainland? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at historic trends of tropical storm development in the Atlantic Basin in last week of the hurricane season, and the potential of a system reaching the U.S.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says near to below normal temperatures and near to above normal precipitation is expected for much of the country during the period of November 20 - 26.
USDA has changed its estimate of soybean yields and production, but has not changed its soybean price forecast. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)
This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP – in Baku, Azerbaijan includes a day focused solely on agriculture as a key piece of the climate mitigation puzzle. Just fifteen years earlier, farms and forests as climate solutions were afterthoughts at COP. Rod Bain looks at the growing...
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.
In 2022, Dr. Engil Pereira, professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), participated in the E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at the National Soil Survey Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Packers & Stockyards rules are part of a suite of new policies to give farmers better insight into key aspects of the agricultural system, from genetic components and pricing of seeds they purchase, to livestock market rates, so they can achieve fairer returns and plan better for their businesses.