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Just how impressive was a late January Deep South snow event when put in a historical context? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialist Ken Kelley. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.

The first USDA Food Price Outlook of 2025 provides both a recap of food price trends from last year and some of the forecasts pertaining to this year. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and economist Megan Sweitzer

What are some of the concerns and questions about parts of Deep South agriculture in the wake of rare winter outbreak of heavy snows and below freezing cold? Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain. Ken Kelley of Alabama Cooperative Extension System. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.

Enrollment is now open for producers for three of USDA’s farm safety net programs including one focused on dairy. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Farm Service Agency Assistant Deputy Administrator Kimberly Graham

USDA’s latest edition of its “America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance” report provides data on family farm characteristics, as well as a look at farm storage and technology use. Rod Bain reports. PARTICIPANTS: Rod Bain and Katherine Lim of the Economic Research Service

A Forest Service expert says it’s important to buy or obtain firewood locally as transport from a different area could also bring an invasive pest or disease threat to native plants and trees. (Rod Bain and Sky Stephens of the U.S. Forest Service)

U.S. Forest Service entomologist Sky Stephens provides an example form time spent in Colorado to explain how far invasive plant pest and disease can travel along with out-of-area firewood, and create potential issues for native plants.

Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service covers some of the points within the Census of Horticulture Specialties - the response deadline for this survey set for February 14th.

Egg prices at the consumer level continue to rise as reflected in month-over-month, and year-over-year, comparisons per USDA’s latest Food Price Outlook. (Rod Bain and economist Megan Sweitzer)

Producers eligible to participate in USDA’s latest Census of Agriculture survey product have until February 14th to respond. (Rod Bain and Lance Honig of the National Agricultural Statistics Service)