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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is taking steps to help ease the chronic shortage of workers that has plagued the food and agricultural business. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling an audience at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Wednesday about his vision for a transformed U.S. food system.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack telling an audience at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Wednesday that building a more resilient food system will need more than just a one-time investment. It will take consistent long-term funding.

A region of the nation recently receiving rain relief from triple-digit-heat will see that end, and a return of extreme temperatures later this week. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Precipitation plagued parts of the Northern Plains should get a break from rains this week, while areas to the south and into the Midwest should receive needed moisture. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

No change in temperatures is expected across the nation as a sharp temperature gradient remains noticeable. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, provides an update on wildfire activity in the state of New Mexico.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses a weather system bringing rains to parts of the nation's mid-section this week and how it could benefit some crops, pastures and rangeland.

A rare weather event could take place later this week as an eastern Pacific hurricane has crossed Mexico and is currently in the Atlantic Basin. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, explains how a recent Eastern Pacific hurricane could develop into a named Atlantic tropical storm system by the end of this week.