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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.

Animal disease preparedness is the focus of tabletop training exercises simulating response to potential outbreaks, including several with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as a participant. Rod Bain looks at how these exercises provide necessary understand and course of action...

*- National Invasive Species Awareness Week is February 24 – 28 -* USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is one of the collaborators of an annual awareness and education campaign focused on invasive pest impacts and how the public can help in control and eradication efforts. (Rod Bain...

*- National Invasive Species Awareness Week is February 24 – 28 -* Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service entomologist Denise Bonilla discusses an invasive pest in our country for well over a decade, and collaborative effort to address it.