Radio Newsline

The panels and participants for the 100th USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum Thursday plenary are now known, with a variety of subjects covered. (Rod Bain and World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski)

How will the farm economy bear up under a projected major cut in farm income this year? (Gary Crawford and USDA economist, Carrie Litkowski)

The person who served as USDA's first Farm Production and Conservation Under Secretary died Monday, leaving a legacy of service to agriculture. (Rod Bain and Bill Northey)

USDA is making another round of Emergency Relief Program payments to eligible producers for disaster losses suffered in 2020 and 2021. (Gary Crawford and USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux)

An unusual warm spell continues for some winter wheat growing areas, making producers weary about potential impacts from cold weather to crops slowly coming out of dormancy. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

It is a mixed bag of weather impacts associated with an El Nino related weather phenomenon traveling though the Southern half of the Golden State. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes some of the weather impacts associated with a recent series of heavy rains in Southern California.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses a series of storm events common during El Nino climate patterns - systems passing over California over the past week.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey covers some recent concerns about mountain snowpack levels in the Sierra Nevada range - concerns perhaps alleviating due to heavy higher elevation snowfall the first days of February.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says near to below normal temperatures and precipitation are expected in much of the country for the period of February 13 - 19.