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The nominee for Agriculture Secretary provided lawmakers some of her priorities for the Department during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. (Rod Bain and Brooke Rollins)

The nominee for Agriculture Secretary shared some of her farm and rural experiences growing up in a small Texas community during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. (Rod Bain and Brooke Rollins)

Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins provided lawmakers with her experience in policy, including in the farm and rural realms, during Thursday's Senate confirmation hearing.

The nominee for Agriculture Secretary and lawmakers Thursday discussed the development of a new Farm Bill during this session of Congress. (Rod Bain and Secretarial nominee Brooke Rollins)

The nominee for Agriculture Secretary shared her upbringing in a small Texas during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to explain her desire to bring similar opportunities for rural youth. (Rod Bain and Brooke Rollins)

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes what appears to be one of the warmest years on record. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at December temperatures so far and if that is enough to push 2024 into the record books as the warmest year ever, surpassing 2012.

Tornadic outbreaks were recorded in several parts of the Southeast during a stretch of days after Christmas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over a series of tornadoes in the Southern U.S. in the days following Christmas.

The year-to-year transition will be reflected weather-wise by above normal temperatures in much of the country experiencing deep cold in the first days of 2025. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)