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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: USDA Weather Predictions For This Year's Growing Season
Description: Weather is often one of the biggest uncertainties for farmers across the U.S. throughout the growing season. With many recent years of drought and in Wisconsin’s case some spring flooding the USDA works to make sure that producers know what to expect year in and year out. Brad Rippey an Agricultural Meteorologist for the USDA Chief Economist's office is one of the original authors of the U.S. drought monitor. He says this year has already seen an unusual amount of weather disasters in the U.S. and that there is still a lot of uncertainty. Rippey is...