Radio Newsline Archive

Cooler and wetter weather is crossing the Midwest this week at just the right time for corn and soybean crops. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

Crops in some areas are gettng some relief from hot and dry weather, but there's no relief in sight for the South Central U.S. or most of the West. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying rains in the Midwest will help topsoils and crops.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying hot and dry weather will persist in Oklahoma, Texas and much of the south for at least another week.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying that the wildfire situation in most of the West is generally better than this time a year ago.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the national agricultural forecast for July twelth through the eighteenth.

Some farm conservation experts say they are not against farmers putting solar panels on their farms, but that landowners should be smart about how they do it. (Gary Crawford. American Farmland Trust President John Piotti. Indiana farmer and consultant, Kip Tom)

Another week of hot weather has taken its toll on the nation's corn and soybean crops. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on corn silking progress.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with the latest on soybean crop development.