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USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says the nation's barley crop is set to finish ahead of schedule.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says winter wheat planting is proceeding ahead of the average pace and last year.

The production prospects for corn, soybeans and cotton look better than they did just a month ago. (Gary Crawford)

Corn, soybeans, and cotton production and yields forecasts were primarily adjusted up per USDA's latest crop production report. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA's September crop production report included favorable forecasts regarding sorghum planted acreage and production. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer discusses the incorporation of Farm Service Agency certified acreage data in this month's crop production reports and some of its impacts.

The latest round of Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands acreage enrollment is complete and, it appears, record setting. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux discusses the recent acreage enrollment period for Conservation Reserve Program Grasslands and how that was driven in part by new incentives within the program.

How is this year's Atlantic hurricane season shaping up compared to what occurred in 2020? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at U.S. landfall patterns of named tropical storms during this season's Atlantic hurricane season.