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There's been an expansion of areas with too much topsoil moisture. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

More than fifty years apart, two separate moon missions included tree seeds in spacecraft in lunar orbit. While the trees from many seeds within the first mission are thriving, a second set of seed from a more recent event are now undergoing research and will eventually be planted. Rod Bain looks at...

USDA makes more cuts to its forecasts for Argentina's corn and soybean crops. (Gary Crawford)

Production totals from some of Argentina’s and Brazil’s crops were among the notable numbers in the Agriculture Department’s April World Ag Supply and Demand Estimate. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

A USDA meteorologist calls the five-month pace of drought coverage reduction across the country truly amazing. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey

Florida was not the only state to report in USDA's latest look at U.S. orange production. (Rod Bain and Mark Hudson of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Over fifty years ago, tree seeds flew around the Moon as part of an Apollo mission. Now tree seeds, many of the same species, that also orbited the Moon aboard Artemis One are being studied. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Crew members of planned Artemis Two moon mission. Heidi McAllister...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making grants available to groups who have projects that will help control or prevent Chronic Wasting Disease. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

They may be small in number, but Vidalia onions have a big reputation and will soon be available again at grocery stores. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Chelsea Blaxton with the Vidalia Onion Committee.

There's no relief in sight for winter wheat in drought areas. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)