Rain events in several areas of the country are behind improvements in USDA’s latest topsoil moisture condition ratings. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, covers some of the states with notable very short-to-short topsoil moisture condition ratings for the week ending July 31st.

The pasture and rangeland conditions across the country changed little week-over-week. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at states with the highest degree of very poor-to-poor pasture and rangeland conditions for the week ending July 31.

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...