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A Forest Service expert says it’s important to buy or obtain firewood locally as transport from a different area could also bring an invasive pest or disease threat to native plants and trees. (Rod Bain and Sky Stephens of the U.S. Forest Service)

U.S. Forest Service entomologist Sky Stephens provides an example form time spent in Colorado to explain how far invasive plant pest and disease can travel along with out-of-area firewood, and create potential issues for native plants.

How did an Alabama Cooperative Extension specialist describe his Friday morning drive into work - one with an unprecedented landscape of snow accumulations and icy conditions. (Rod Bain and Ken Kelley)

Ken Kelley of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System talks about reports from Deep South state locales on snow and cold conditions, and what some potential agricultural impacts could be.

What are some of the numbers, and ag concerns, associated with mid-January’s surprising winter storm across parts of the Deep South? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at how record snow accumulations in several parts of the Deep South may have benefitted overwintering crops from a trailing cold outbreak.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at some of the snow accumulation totals for Deep South cities impacted by this past week’s winter outbreak, and how that compares from a historical perspective.

Several cities in the Deep South reported not only record snow accumulations this week but totals higher than season-to-date numbers in several Midwestern urban areas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at some of the Midwestern and Great Plains cities with lower snowfall accumulations to date compared to recent snows in parts of the Deep South.

USDA's latest Food Price Outlook includes a look at how prices were adjusted in December from the prior month and the prior year. (Rod Bain and economist Megan Sweitzer)