Radio Newsline Archive

The second longest streak of consecutive weeks of fifty per cent or more of the continental U.S. in drought has come to an end. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at month-over-month changes in drought coverage by region.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at drought coverage of some major Midwestern crops, as well as winter wheat, for the period ending May 31st.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at year-over-year drought coverage improvements for areas of ag commodities in the nation's Northern and Western tiers.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, talks about current drought coverage in Texas and other cotton belt states.

USDA's latest topsoil moisture condition report notes improvements for the period ending May 29th. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses the top states in various topsoil moisture condition ratings for the period ending May 29th.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, provides the latest U.S. pasture and rangelands condition ratings per the report ending the period of May 29th.

USDA is currently surveying thousands of farmers for one of the most anticipated USDA reports of the year. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, asking farmers to please respond to the current USDA survey of planted acreage. (USDA will release the results of the survey on June 30th.)