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Another monsoon surge of rainfall is underway in the Southwest. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The nation's topsoil moisture shortage continues to climb. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, takes a detailed look at the worst topsoil moisture shortages in the country.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says the latest topsoil moisture numbers point to areas of emerging dryness in the eastern part of the country.

Pasture conditions around the country vary, depending on which regions are suffering through drought. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, has more details on where in the nation pasture conditions are poor.

Food prices continue to rise. Here's the latest. (Gary Crawford and USDA economist. Carolyn Chelius)

Carolyn Chelius, USDA economist, reviewing some of the food price inflation numbers from this week's new Consumer Price Index.

In efforts to assist farmers and ranchers mitigate impacts of drought, the Agriculture Department is combining both traditional and pilot programs to give producers greater flexibilities to overcome challenges to their crops and livestock. Rod Bain looks at some of these offerings in this edition of...

We are just hours away from getting a much better idea of the size of this year's major row crops and what kind of demand there will be for those crops. (Gary Crawford and Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman) **Broadcasters: USDA's survey-based U.S. crop production forecasts and USDA's...