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USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says expected cold temperatures will combine with drought to complicate crop development in some areas of the country.

Heavy rain in the southern part of the country has sparked flooding in some areas. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

A three-day severe weather event in the southern part of the country is on its way out. (Stephanie Ho and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has the National Weather Service's outlook for the middle of May.

Broilers and broiler products are fetching very high prices right now in the face of low supplies and growing demand. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying after broiler demand dropped in 2020, it's on the rise now.

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, with a follow-up to this statement that broiler production during the first quarter of this year was 2% below the same quarter in 2020.

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, giving a few wholesale broiler product prices from the end of last week.

A recent USDA study reveals our nation's opioid epidemic appears to have had two distinct phases over the last two decades. (Rod Bain and USDA economic researcher, David McGranahan)

Illicit opioid use has been considered the second phase of the nation's current opioid epidemic with one drug in particular contributing to this increase. (Rod Bain and USDA economic researcher, David McGranahan)