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Drought has intensified over the last month not just in the West and High Plains, but in other regions of the country as well. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, covers those commodities covered by drought conditions over the past month, with the period ending February 2nd.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at the continuing drought coverage over much of the West.

A late January system provided needed mountain snowpack totals in much of the West, but was it enough to increase levels to normal in the Southern two-thirds of the region? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looks at the Western mountain snowpack season to date at its two-thirds point.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, discusses a recent storm system that provided needed snowpack accumulations in mountain ranges in the southern two-thirds of the West.

Some recent developments on the trade front may play into USDA's upcoming new round of supply and demand forecasts. (Gary Crawford and USDA Outlook Chairman Mark Jekanowski) **USDA's new Ag. Supply and Demand forecasts will be released Tuesday, Feb. 9th at noon, EST**

If you fumble the food safety ball when cooking up some of those Super Bowl foods, the penalty could be a bout with food poisoning. (Gary Crawford and Meredith Carothers) ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-5463) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov ****

Meredith Carothers, USDA food safety expert, explaining where you can go to get your Super Bowl food safety questions answered--the USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline. ****Broadcasters: The USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline number is 888-MPHOTLINE(888-674-5463) Listeners can also go online to Ask.usda.gov ****

Do the human weather forecasters agree with the groundhog's forecast? (Gary Crawford. USDA Chief Meteorologist Mark Brusberg and a singing groundhog)