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USDA's first weekly look at this season's winter wheat condition indicates lingering concerns about the effects of extremely dry soils to the Southern Plains' crop. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Well above normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains also means higher snow water equivalency, which a USDA meteorologist explains. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

Structures in some mountain areas of the West are facing issues resulting from above normal snowpack accumulations. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides data from one of the Sierra-Nevada mountain snow gauges to illustrate the above normal snowpack levels in that range this winter.

Dairy operators this year could see more pressure on their margins. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

The broiler industry is on a path to boost production this year, but what will that do to producer prices? (Gary Crawford. USDA economist, Justin Choe. USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

The USDA's Equity Commission has begun its work. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh.)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, at the opening meeting of USDA's Equity Commission, explaining the overall work of the Commission.

Equity Commission Co-Chairs - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh and Arturo Rodriguez, former President of the United Farmworkers, with brief comments Monday at the first meeting of USDA's Equity Commission.

The overall index of prices received by farmers in January dropped, but not by much. (Gary Crawford)