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How has January snow accumulations in Western mountain ranges raised concerns about water runoff into regional reservoirs this year? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at parts of the West where mountain snowpack is above average at the end of January.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about some of the Western areas where mountain snowpack is at near or below normal levels at January’s end.

How might current and potential future mountain snowfall accumulations translate into water runoff for parts of the West later in the year? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA issued its January Agricultural Prices Received report reflecting what growers received pricewise for their commodities in the final month of 2024. (Rod Bain)

USDA’s first Cattle Inventory report for 2025 reflects a year over year decrease, but what might that mean for the cattle market in coming months? (Rod Bain and livestock analyst Mike McConnell)

USDA livestock analyst Mike McConnell offers some of the notable numbers from the January Cattle Inventory Report.

USDA has changed its estimate of soybean yields and production, but has not changed its soybean price forecast. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski)

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP – in Baku, Azerbaijan includes a day focused solely on agriculture as a key piece of the climate mitigation puzzle. Just fifteen years earlier, farms and forests as climate solutions were afterthoughts at COP. Rod Bain looks at the growing...

A series of USDA grants were recently issued to projects under a set of local and regional food system development and promotion programs. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Moffitt