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The total amount of the nation covered in drought rose almost two percent in July. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor reveals a wide range of coverage of commodities in drought. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about a current streak of consecutive weeks of forty percent or more of the nation in drought.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses the wide range of drought coverage deterioration and improvements over the month of July.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses current drought coverage of spring wheat, hay and cattle as of August 2nd.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses drought coverage currently over Southern crops such as cotton, rice and sorghum.

Producers on average received more price-wise for their commodities in March, as revealed in the latest Agriculture Department Ag Prices Report. (Rod Bain)

The proposed American Families Plan would protect most farmers from big capital gains taxes. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying that the American Families Plan has no changes to current farm estate tax rules.

Families struggling to put food on the table are, of course, benefitting from stepped up nutrition assistance programs, such as SNAP, but Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says the benefits extend to many other Americans. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)