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* - STATIONS - National Bat Week is October 24 - 31 - * What are some of the ways we can protect both threatened bat populations and their habitat? (Rod Bain and Roger Perry of the U.S. Forest Service)

Millions of bats in North America have perished over the last fifteen years due to a fungal disease - threatening entire colonies. (Rod Bain and Roger Perry of the U.S. Forest Service)

* - STATIONS: National Bat Week is October 24 - 31 Roger Perry of the U.S. Forest Service says leaving bat populations alone as much as possible in their various roosts and habitats will aid in assuring their colonies remain strong.

If there was any doubt that the beef cattle inventory is contracting, the latest USDA cattle feedlot report has erased that doubt. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with a few of the key numbers from Friday's USDA Cattle on Feed report.

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying producers are having to send more heifers to feedlots--a trend that could mean lower beef production into 2023.

The La Nina weather pattern is expected to be in force for the third consecutive winter, but what does that mean for seasonal weather across the country? (Rod Bain and Jon Gottschalck of the Climate Prediction Center)

Jon Gottschalck of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center discusses where drought conditions will expand and shrink across the country during this winter.

USDA offers the latest numbers, per its October forecasts, for turkey production and prices with Thanksgiving soon here. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagam discusses what is behind a lowering of turkey production forecasts for this year.