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Actuality: An African Swine Fever "Protection Zone"

00:00:26.409   2021-09-09   
Dr. Jack Shere, Associate Administrator of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, saying that with African Swine Fever now in the Dominican Republic, the U.S. is setting up an ASF "protection zone" around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Topsoil Moisture Numbers This Week are Better than Last Week

00:00:59.271   2021-09-09   
Topsoil moisture numbers this week have improved, compared to last week. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Actuality: Most Severe Topsoil Moisture Shortages are in the West

00:00:22.622   2021-09-09   
USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, points to states in the drought-stricken West, where topsoil moisture shortages are the most severe in the country.

Actuality: Ida Leaves High Topsoil Moisture Surplus Numbers in its Wake

00:00:28.160   2021-09-09   
USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, has details of where there were high topsoil moisture surplus numbers, largely due to former Hurricane Ida.

Pasture Conditions Improve, Week Over Week

00:00:59.977   2021-09-09   
Pasture conditions in the country improved overall, compared to last week.(Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Topsoil Moisture and Pasture Conditions Ratings Are Correlated

00:00:59.977   2021-09-09   
How do topsoil moisture and pasture condition ratings relate to each other? (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

The Halfway Point of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season

00:01:00.264   2021-09-09   
It has been an eventful Atlantic hurricane season so far, even with only one hurricane making landfall in the U.S. by season's peak. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)