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USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses potential impacts to livestock and winter wheat as a result of an incoming arctic cold front into the nation's mid-section.

Next week is expected to start with an arctic front bringing cold temperatures and snow in parts of the central U.S. and even the Deep South (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Heavy rains, blizzard snows, and high winds are among the marks of a series of active weather systems that have or will travel cross country in the first days of January. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses the similarities between an early week, cross-country storm system, and a similar active weather track expected to travel across the nation through the remainder of this week.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with a recap of this past weekend's active weather.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes the mixture of weather conditions and impacts resulting from an active weather pattern stretching from the Central Plains to the East Coast.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey reviews the impacts of a cross country active weather system earlier this week as it arrived on the East Coast Tuesday.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says a mixture of temperatures and mostly below normal precipitation make up the weather picture for the period of January 16 -22.

A top USDA official says there are four steps USDA needs to take to enhance farmers' use of conservation programs. (Gary Crawford and Under Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bonnie)

USDA preparing to release a new "final" estimate of major crops that were harvested this Fall. (Gary Crawford and Lance Honig with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)