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Which categories did the Agriculture Department adjust its U.S. and world soybean supply and demand estimates this month? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanwoski)

Trends within USDA global cotton forecasts reflect increases in China’s production, but is it a record amount? (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

Highlight categories within USDA’s March domestic rice balance sheet include import and export forecast adjustments, as well as a change in the season ending average price. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

What are the final stats regarding this past winter’s average temperatures and precipitation in our country? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about this past December and January and the dramatic nationwide average temperature swing between those months.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides additional details where the Winter of 2024-25 stands weather-wise with other seasons over the years.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at some of the notable temperature and precipitation numbers on a statewide level over this past winter.

One expert says don;t carve USDA's Prospective Planting acres in stone. A lot can happen before the seed drops. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

There are a variety of means commercial business, municipalities, and private landowners have available in efforts to control mosquito populations. (Rod Bain and Jamie Kopco of Penn State University Extension)

Municipalities and some private homeowners take what is known as a systematic approach to reducing mosquito populations in the Spring and Summer months. (Rod Bain and Jamie Kopco of Penn State University Extension)