Radio Newsline Archive

Many parts of the Great Plains have benefits from recent precipitation – the result of a shift in the nation’s sharp temperature gradient of the Spring. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Many Northern regions of the country have experienced below normal temperatures in recent weeks, but that trend is expected to change starting this week. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Extreme heat will develop later this week in the Desert Southwest and is expected to expand to other parts of the nation’s Southwest quadrant over the weekend. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

A rarity occurred last week when a Pacific Basin hurricane crossed over into the Atlantic Basin and reformed as a tropical storm. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, summarizes the path of what was both a Pacific Basin hurricane and an Atlantic Basin tropical storm.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says hotter and drier weather for much of the nation is in the forecast for period of June 14 – 20.

USDA is looking at every option to help producers as they face limited supplies and very high prices for fertilizer. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)

An expert says some of us may misinterpret the planting percentages in the USDA's weekly crop progress reports. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig, Chief of the Crops Branch of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)