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USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying that over this past week, the condition of the country's cotton crop improved.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looking at what the USDA's Crop Progress Report says about the peanut crop.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on the condition ratings for the rice crop.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, describing the pace of the winter wheat harvest.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on spring wheat crop development and condition ratings.

Producers suffering qualifying natural disaster crop losses in 2020 and 2021 now have more time to apply for USDA Emergency Relief Program funding. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Some USDA risk management and disaster programs are utilizing existing data to create pre-populated application forms for qualifying producers. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says eligible producers for some risk management programs will soon receive pre-populated application forms.

Recent adjustments in USDA's Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program result in an increase in available funding for payments to eligible producers. (Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

Due this September are applications for project funding under USDA's Conservation Innovation Grants On-Farm Innovation Trial Program. (Rod Bain and Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby)