USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on the development of the corn crop.

This past week brought a slight improvement in the condition ratings of the U.S. soybean crop. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with a look at how the soybean crop is coming along.

The U.S. cotton crop continues to look good, even if its development is a little slower than normal. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Just when it seemed the condition of the spring wheat crop couldn't get worse, it DID get worse. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, with a look at progress of the winter wheat harvest.

Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, with the latest look at the condition of the barley crop.

Brad Rippey, USDA meteorologist, saying that the nation's peanut crop looks good.

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

An open data platform used by ag transportation stakeholders recently upgraded to its 3.0 version, including dashboards for all major transport modes. (Rod Bain and Adam Sparger of the Agricultural Marketing Service)