What are the agricultural impacts of expanding extreme cold weather? Stephanie Ho has the story. PARTICIPANTS: Stephanie Ho and Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist.

How will higher feed costs affect beef production this year? (Gary Crawford and Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman)

USDA's Agricultural Conservation Easement Program recently received updates via the 2018 Farm Bill and public comment. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Jimmy Bramblett of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Several factors are expected to combine to cause a boost in U.S. pork production. (Gary Crawford and Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman)

Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman, talking about the rate at which China's pork industry has recovered from the effects of the African Swine Fever outbreak.

How will the nation's broiler producers react to the expected hikes in feed prices? (Gary Crawford and Mark Jekanowski, USDA Outlook Board Chairman)

The avalanche season in this country has been historically deadly, in terms of human casualties. (Stephanie Ho and Simon Trautman, Forest Service national avalanche specialist)

There are many things people can do to better prepare themselves to be as safe as they can be against deadly avalanches. (Stephanie Ho and Simon Trautman, Forest Service national avalanche specialist)

Simon Trautman, a national avalanche specialist with USDA's Forest Service, says nearly all avalanche fatalities in this country occur on land his agency manages.

The Forest Service's national avalanche specialist, Simon Trautman, stresses that more work needs to be done to raise awareness for avalanche safety. EDS: Find out more information at Avalanche.org.