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USDA economist, Bart Kenner, with a rundown of corn, wheat, soybean and cotton export values for the first nine months of this fiscal year.

USDA economist, Bart Kenner, with a look at agricultural trade numbers for the first half of calendar year 2022.

A member of the team that develops the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor reports says there are hundreds of contributors involved in the process. (Rod Bain and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center)

Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center discusses the networking involved to help the authors of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor obtain necessary data to craft this product.

The annual cash rents survey indicates gains in several categories but smaller in comparison to increases in farmland real estate values. (Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Chief Economist Seth Meyer explains differences in cash rents for farmland versus farmland values, using last year's findings of a USDA survey as an example.

The total amount of the nation covered in drought rose almost two percent in July. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor reveals a wide range of coverage of commodities in drought. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about a current streak of consecutive weeks of forty percent or more of the nation in drought.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses the wide range of drought coverage deterioration and improvements over the month of July.