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Active Stormy Weather for Second Week of April
00:00:59.977 2021-04-06Stormy weather is expected in many areas in the country. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)
Actuality: National Weather Outlook for Apr 13 - 19
00:00:49.084 2021-04-06USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, has the National Weather Service's outlook for the second full week of April.
New Study Shows Western Dry Periods Much Longer than 50 Years Ago
00:01:00.107 2021-04-06A new study is showing scientifically what many people anecdotally have been observing about changing weather patterns in the West. (Gary Crawford and Joel Biederman, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service)
Actuality: Longer Western Dry Periods Do Coincide with Boost in Wildfires
00:00:16.326 2021-04-06Joel Biederman, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Tucson, Arizona, saying that the documented longer periods between rains in the West over the last fifty years could be a contributing factor to recent years with more numerous and severe wildfires.
Actuality: New Western Drought Study Based on Actual Data, Not Predictions
00:00:25.600 2021-04-06Joel Biederman, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service in Tucson, Arizona, saying that the just released study on drought in the West is taken from actual daily weather data over fifty years from 337 weather stations.
President's American Jobs Plan Would Make Investments in Natural Resources
00:00:54.386 2021-04-05The President's plan for investment in infrastructure includes so-called "green" infrastructure. (Gary Crawford and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Ag. Secretary Vilsack on Cuba as a Potential Market for U.S. Farmers
00:01:00.107 2021-04-05Attitudes about trade with Cuba have done a good many U-Turns over the last half century. (Gary Crawford. Former Eisenhower Press Secretary James Hagerty. Former Secretary of State John Kerry. Former President Donald Trump. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Actuality: Vilsack--Agriculture Could Help Mold Better Relations with Cuba
00:00:31.399 2021-04-05Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack saying, among other things, that agriculture could help to improve overall relations with Cuba.
Measuring Productivity by Yields - and their Costs
00:01:00.290 2021-04-05How can producers better measure their crop yields, and what it costs to generate those yields, to create a greater measure of productivity and profitability? (Rod Bain and Allan Gray of Purdue University)
Corn Planting is On Par with Five Year Average.
00:00:59.872 2021-04-05The pace of corn planting is on par with the five year average and last year. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)