Extreme heat is expected to remain during late summer in the West, with potential impacts to agriculture and to wildfires. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

An expert has some suggestions for making sure that brown bag school lunch doesn't make your child sick. Gary Crawford has more. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford. Meredith Carothers with USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674...

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses some of the more significant wildfires this summer in the Far Western U.S.

One of the authors of the U.S. Drought Monitor shares how this product is developed and produced on a weekly basis. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center

The next week will continue to see areas of the country divided between extreme heat and extreme precipitation. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The authors of the U.S. Drought Monitor derive their weekly reports from a variety of data sets. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center.

How soon might new tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Basin occur to pick up what has been a quiet hurricane season in 2022? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Each of us is consuming an average of three times more avocados now than we did in 1999. Gary Crawford has more about this fruit. PARTICIPANTS: Gary Crawford and Tomi Ajiboye, with USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at how the eastern half of the nation appears as precipitation, or lack thereof, is divided over the next week.

USDA's first producer yield survey for this year's major spring crops show notable trends in forecasts for soybean and cotton production. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Chief Economist Seth Meyer