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Significant rain fall over the course of the week should provide benefits to some parts of the country, especially areas where extreme heat is also expected. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

A recent announced by USDA and California’s Department of Food and Ag revealed the success of quarantine and eradication efforts against various invasive fruit fly species. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Richard Johnson of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at tropical activity currently forming in the Atlantic Basin and its potential to arrive in the Southeastern U.S. as a tropical system.

If you are a farmer or farm worker, an expert has some advice to help get you through severe heat conditions. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Ohio State University health and safety educator, Dee Jepsen. USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey.

Food safety officials have just announced a plan designed to reduce Salmonella contamination and illnesses associated with raw poultry products. (Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Emilio Esteban)

Custom harvesters experience a wide range of stresses associated with their year-round efforts to bring the crops in from the fields. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Beau Froese and John Dyke of U.S. Custom Harvesters.

USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture Dr. Emilio Esteban) says USDA's proposed anti-Salmonella plan for poultry offers several layers of food safety protection.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says above normal temperatures and precipitation is expected for most of the country during the period of August 6 - 12.

USDA Rural Development programs not only helped a Virginia entrepreneur open a digital theater, but is also providing energy and cost savings (Rod Bain and Brett Hayes)

Virginia digital theater owner-operator Brett Hayes discusses the benefits of a solar panel energy system for his theater building – one developed through a USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant.