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How did an Alabama Cooperative Extension specialist describe his Friday morning drive into work - one with an unprecedented landscape of snow accumulations and icy conditions. (Rod Bain and Ken Kelley)

USDA's latest Food Price Outlook includes a look at how prices were adjusted in December from the prior month and the prior year. (Rod Bain and economist Megan Sweitzer)

USDA livestock economist Mike McConnell discusses the findings within the first Cattle on Feed Report for 2025.

USDA economist Megan Sweitzer explains the data points that go into the monthly Food Price Outlook, including key months of July and January.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at how record snow accumulations in several parts of the Deep South may have benefitted overwintering crops from a trailing cold outbreak.

What are some of the numbers, and ag concerns, associated with mid-January’s surprising winter storm across parts of the Deep South? (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Ken Kelley of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System talks about reports from Deep South state locales on snow and cold conditions, and what some potential agricultural impacts could be.

USDA livestock analyst Mike McConnell looks at trends associated with heifer placement in feedlots, per the January Cattle On Feed Report.

The first USDA Cattle on Feed report for the year shows lower placement of cattle on feedlots compared to this same time last year. (Rod Bain and livestock economist Mike McConnell)

Several cities in the Deep South reported not only record snow accumulations this week but totals higher than season-to-date numbers in several Midwestern urban areas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)