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How do winter wheat conditions appear from states reporting in USDA’s final version of its State Stories report series for 2024-25? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over some of the state reports for winter wheat conditions between November and March.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at soft red winter wheat production states reporting crop condition at the end of March for the final USDA State Stories of the winter.

The report from states in the region covering the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains reflects very poor to poor topsoil moisture conditions as Spring is underway. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over state topsoil moisture condition ratings, per the final State Stories report for the 2024-25 season.

This month is a good time to look for invasive pests and plant diseases in your area and enact prevention methods. (Rod Bain and Kathryn Bronsky of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Kathryn Bronsky of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service discusses the impacts invasive pests and plant diseases have on plants and crops.

There are many different contexts and approaches when describing food security. Rod Bain looks some of those descriptors as food security in part one of a series, in this edition of "Agriculture USA". PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Ben Carlisle of Case IH. Eloi Corona of the Seed Innovation and Protection...

The dry period of late summer – early fall transitions in coming days to storm systems bringing needed precipitation for several areas of the country. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

A Secretarial memorandum cover department-wide, and public-private efforts for connecting and conserving wildlife habitats through working landscapes. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Under Secretaries Robert Bonnie (Farm Production and Conservation), Homer Wilkes (Natural Resources and...