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USDA Outlook Board Chairman Mark Jekanowski says global wheat supplies are abundant. (Which is one reason why USDA is forecasting wheat prices to average $1.36 below last season)

USDA is projecting that there will be continued downward pressure on corn prices as U.S. stocks rise.

Some parts of the country still report wildfire activity even this late in the year, and in some locales where fire scenes are not expected. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about the most notable of recent Southern California wildfires and its impacts to populated areas and agriculture.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses some of the conditions behind an increase in wildfire activity in the Northeast – an unusual occurrence this time of year.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over two of the larger wildfire complexes occurring in the Northeast.

Several areas nationwide have experienced a November of significant rains and snow – a contract to a very dry October. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey comments on heavy snows in parts of the Intermountain West and Plains this month and potential impacts to agriculture.

Forecasters are keeping an eye on development of a system in the Caribbean Sea that could become a tropical storm or hurricane, but what are the chances of landfall in the U.S. mainland? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at historic trends of tropical storm development in the Atlantic Basin in last week of the hurricane season, and the potential of a system reaching the U.S.