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Chief Economist Seth Meyer covers some examples of contraction of meat animal populations in 2024, and what that means for producer prices this year, and potential decisions for 2025.

Chief Economist Seth Meyer looks at recent dairy cattle and hog and pig production trends, and what that reflects regarding producer efforts to expand herds in 2025.

What are some of the notable numbers with the final U.S. Drought Monitor of 2024? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over some of the significant shifts in drought coverage over the course of this past year.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at states where notable extreme and – or exceptional drought coverage is reported for the period ending December 31.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at drought coverage pertaining to winter crops, hay and cattle per the latest U.S. Drought Monitor covering the end of December.

From hurricanes to tornadoes, wildfires and drought, USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey’s top ten list of weather stories for 2024 is indeed eventful. Rod Bain joins Brad to look at some of the weather and climatic events that made news in 2024 in this edition of “Agriculture USA”. PARTICIPANTS: Rod...

A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes what appears to be one of the warmest years on record. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

If you are still trying to keep your New Year's resolutions to lose weight, one expert says maybe you should include your pets in those resolutions. On this edition of "Agriculture USA" Gary Crawford reports on what some say is an epidemic of pet obesity and what we pet owners can do about it...

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at December temperatures so far and if that is enough to push 2024 into the record books as the warmest year ever, surpassing 2012.