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USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at the series of cold air systems travelling through the Upper Midwest and most of the nation’s Northern regions, and what that may mean regarding impacts to crops in the fields.

While a Pacific tropical system is expected to dissipate once making landfall in Mexico this week, its remnants should provide precipitation in places in the U.S. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Economist Carrie Litkowski goes over assets, equity, and debt in the farm sector per USDA’s September Farm Income Forecast.

Temperatures that feel more like late autumn are possible later this week in parts of the Upper Midwest as a series of cold fronts travel through the region. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

Hot, dry weather conditions remain in much of the Pacific Northwest as September begins, keeping concerns rising for crops, pastures, and wildfire threats. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at unusually cold weather reaching the Upper Midwest this week and how it might compare to a similar event in the region over a half century earlier.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over the latest progress with the U.S. spring wheat crop for the period ending August 31.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey provides the latest on the country's rice crop - both its condition and the current harvest - for the period ending August 31.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at soybean production states experiecing rises in very poor to poor crop conditon ratings to end August.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about flash drought in parts of the Corn Belt and its role in speeding up corn crop maturity by the end of August.