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When a USDA meteorologist was recently asked about weather highlights of the past year, he offered a top ten list, based on somewhat chronological order, and not by ranking of most to least significance. Rod Bain goes over his list of top 2023 weather events and some of their impacts in this edition...

USDA's Prices report shows most farm commodity prices are below what they were one year ago. (Gary Crawford)

In the battle for acreage this spring who will come out on top--corn or soybeans? (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

One expert says it could be more difficult for producers to turn a profit in 2024. (Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer)

Old Christmas trees are being re-purposed to do more than be turned into mulch. (Gary Crawford and Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden)

USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says farmers should be able to weather another year of possible lower incomes.

A long-term heat wave along the nation's Gulf Coast and a Tropical Storm that impacted two parts of the Atlantic Coast are among the top weather stories of 2023. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Want to keep that old real Christmas tree around your home a little longer and put it to good use? There are ways to do it. (Gary Crawford and Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden)

A relatively quiet U.S. wildfire season in 2023 contained one dramatic incident this summer on one of the Hawaiian Islands. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at two tropical systems of note from 2023 - one in the Eastern Pacific and one crossing the Southeast U.S.