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While overall U.S. drought coverage in July showed minimal change, significant modifications occurred regionally month over month. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at parts of the country where drought coverage increased during the five week period ending on August First.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses areas of the country that saw increases in D3 to D4 categories – extreme and exceptional drought – during the period ending August First.

The latest numbers from the U.S. Drought Monitor indicate a shrinking of drought coverage in corn and soybean growing areas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses the latest coverage of drought over some summer crops for the period ending August First.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey covers drought coverage of hay and cattle areas for the period ending August First.

It looks like this year's prospects for U.S. agricultural exports are a little less bright that was the case a few months ago. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

During this 2023 fiscal year almost every U.S. agricultural product will see a reduction in export sales from last year. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer with some key points of USDA's New Agricultural Trade Forecast.

USDA's farm prices report for April continues the trend of most agricultural products bringing producers lower prices than a year ago. (Gary Crawford)