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How has January snow accumulations in Western mountain ranges raised concerns about water runoff into regional reservoirs this year? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at parts of the West where mountain snowpack is above average at the end of January.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about some of the Western areas where mountain snowpack is at near or below normal levels at January’s end.

How might current and potential future mountain snowfall accumulations translate into water runoff for parts of the West later in the year? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA issued its January Agricultural Prices Received report reflecting what growers received pricewise for their commodities in the final month of 2024. (Rod Bain)

USDA’s first Cattle Inventory report for 2025 reflects a year over year decrease, but what might that mean for the cattle market in coming months? (Rod Bain and livestock analyst Mike McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst Mike McConnell offers some of the notable numbers from the January Cattle Inventory Report.

An early week weather system traveling through the Deep South is bringing blizzard warnings, potentially heavy snows and deep cold. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - two federal agencies that work together in a myriad of agricultural, food security, natural resource, and climatic realms. It is a partnership that some may not realize exists, let alone what this...

Presidential inaugurations, such as swearing-in of President Donald Trump this year, sometimes make history just by the weather conditions experienced in the hours and day of, and those surrounding, the event. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. President Donald Trump. Supreme Court Chief...