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A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes the first two Atlantic Basin hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. in 2024. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes an autumn hurricane crossing Florida – one where damage values are still being estimated. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes one of the most damaging hurricanes in modern history. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA recently released its latest edition of its Census of Aquaculture, with data on how much this industry has grown over a five-year period. (Rod Bain and Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service explains the definition of aquaculture as it pertains to USDA's Census of Aquaculture.

Travis Averill of the National Agricultural Statistics Service discusses how the Census of Agriculture provides key data for Census of Aquaculture.

It looks like many corn and soybean producers changed their minds and their planting intentions between March and actual planting time. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA will be re-surveying farmers in three states about their planted acres, in light of some significant weather-related planting delays. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Farmers are putting fewer overall acres into production this year. (Gary Crawford and Deputy USDA Chief Economist Cindy Nickerson)

Deputy USDA Chief Economist Cindy Nickerson, saying that California rice plantings could hit a low not seen in over 60 years.