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A Law that authorizes dedicated funding for needed repair and maintenance of U.S. Forest Service facilities is two years old this week. It was signed August 4th of 2020. (Gary Crawford and Jeffrey Vail, Director of Forest Service Implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act)

Jeffrey Vail, Director of Forest Service Implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act, talking about the two main components of that law. It was signed into law August 4, 2020.

Jeffrey Vail, Director of Forest Service Implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act, saying projects under that law are improving the experiences of many visitors to National Forests and other public lands.

What producers and others may see in the way of drought conditions on the ground level may not necessarily reflect the numbers in the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor. (Rod Bain and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center)

Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Monitor Mitigation Center explains why to some the U.S. Drought Monitor weekly condition categories may not reflect what they see or experience in their locale.

Honeybee colony losses are , so far, a little lower than last year, but beekeepers and scientists say the losses are still far too high. (Gary Crawford. Chris Hiatt, beekeeper and Pres. of the American Honey Producers Association. Lanie Bilodeau, Research Leader at the USDA Bee Laboratory in Baton...

Chris Hiatt, North Dakota beekeeper and President of the American Honey Producers Association, saying that there are many things that are stressing bees and contributing to colony losses.

Chris Hiatt, North Dakota beekeeper and President of the American Honey Producers Association, saying that in his case drought helped to take a huge toll on his colonies, reducing them by over 50% and cutting honey production drastically.

Americans are drinking more and more coffee and consuming more and more caffeine. Some experts say those trends teken together may be grounds for concern, at least for some of us. Gary Crawford has more as he brews up this edition of Agriculture USA. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Comedian, Tim...

It was more than large amounts of rainfall in a short period of time that led to recent catastrophic flooding in parts of Eastern Kentucky. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)