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Marcia Bunger, Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency explains how to get more information about the Nursery Value Select crop insurance program.

Want to know how planting will go? Study oats (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)a

The wheat crop has gotten through the winter in good shape. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with winter wheat condition ratings for selected states.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with winter wheat heading progress.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey with the latest on corn planting.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on cotton planting.

One expert says don;t carve USDA's Prospective Planting acres in stone. A lot can happen before the seed drops. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

There are a variety of means commercial business, municipalities, and private landowners have available in efforts to control mosquito populations. (Rod Bain and Jamie Kopco of Penn State University Extension)

Municipalities and some private homeowners take what is known as a systematic approach to reducing mosquito populations in the Spring and Summer months. (Rod Bain and Jamie Kopco of Penn State University Extension)