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How did the final U.S. Drought Monitor for January compare in overall drought coverage from the start of the month? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses parts of the country with significant D3 and D4 drought coverage for the period ending January 28.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at varying drought coverage by region for the period ending January 28 - resulting in minimal change in the U.S. Drought Monitor from the previous month.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over the latest drought coverage map for crops and commodities in drought for the period ending January 28.

A USDA meteorologist offers his best guess what a famous mammal prognosticator might reveal this Sunday about the start time of Spring for this year. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at the history of February Second forecasts from the famous groundhog and Spring forecast trends of recent years.

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

The large cotton crop that producers are currently harvesting is putting downward pressure on prices. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski)