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Meteorologist Brad Rippey offers up USDA's latest national peanut crop planting progress figures - these for the period ending May 10.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey presents the May 10th Crop Progress numbers associated with cotton planting in the U.S.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at U.S. and various states where winter wheat crop condition as of May 10 continues to bring concerns.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about factors behind a quick winter wheat crop heading pace for several parts of the nation.

Meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over planting and emergence for this year's soybean crop, per USDA's May 10th Crop Progress Report.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey offers the figures for corn crop emergence for the period ending May 10.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides the latest corn crop planting progress numbers for the period ending May 10.

Recent weather conditions have played a role in a significant increase in crop planting progress for corn and soybeans in the much of the Midwest. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Christopher McLean of the Rural Utilities Service explains what lack of electricity looked like in much of rural America in the mid-1930's prior to enacting of the Rural Electrification Act.