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USDA announced producers eligible for the Census of Horticultural Specialties now have additional time to fill out and submit their surveys. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is among various animal health stakeholders involved in tabletop training exercise to improve response to a potential incident or outbreak. (Rod Bain and Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford)

USDA Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford discusses both general and specific topic-oriented animal health response training exercises.

USDA Chief Veterinarian Rosemary Sifford discusses some of the tabletop training exercise resources available from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to strengthen animal disease response.

How did an Alabama Cooperative Extension specialist describe his Friday morning drive into work - one with an unprecedented landscape of snow accumulations and icy conditions. (Rod Bain and Ken Kelley)

Ken Kelley of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System talks about reports from Deep South state locales on snow and cold conditions, and what some potential agricultural impacts could be.

What are some of the numbers, and ag concerns, associated with mid-January’s surprising winter storm across parts of the Deep South? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at how record snow accumulations in several parts of the Deep South may have benefitted overwintering crops from a trailing cold outbreak.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at some of the snow accumulation totals for Deep South cities impacted by this past week’s winter outbreak, and how that compares from a historical perspective.

Several cities in the Deep South reported not only record snow accumulations this week but totals higher than season-to-date numbers in several Midwestern urban areas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)