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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.

The Agriculture Secretary Friday provided an update at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum on establishing and allocating an economic and disaster relief package for farm producers. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

The Agriculture Secretary Friday at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum talked about the need for innovation as essential in addressing High Path Avian Flu outbreaks and their impacts on poultry and egg laying bird flocks. (Rod Bain and Secretary Brooke Rollins)

The head of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank offered insight at this year's USDA Ag Outlook Forum on some of the potential economic concerns of producers for this year. (Rod Bain and Jeff Schmid)