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Crop condition ratings for the nation's winter wheat crop continues to less from the previous week's USDA Crop Progress Report. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses heading progress for this season's winter wheat crop as of May 3.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey gives the latest spring wheat crop planting and emergence numbers for the period ending May 3.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says among the sugar beet crop progress highlights for the period ending May 3 - weather finally cooperating for significant planting progress in the Red River Valley of the North.

What weather conditions are forecasted for parts of the country this summer and what could this mean for growing crops? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses what predominant weather conditions ag producers could face this summer in various parts of the country.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey offers an outlook of drought's extent and location during the summer months.

A new USDA dashboard is available for those in the stocker and feeder cattle segments of the cattle industry to obtain data to make both immediate and long-term decisions. (Rod Bain and Lonnie Peetz of the Agricultural Marketing Service)

Lonnie Peetz of the Agricultural Marketing Service explains the classifications of stocker and feeder cattle, and how they apply to the beef industry.

The Agricultural Marketing Service's Lonnie Peetz provides an example of how stocker and feeder cattle industry stakeholders can use a new USDA dashboard to obtain both historical and market level information.