Brad Rippey

Soils across the Northwest continue to dry out. And according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, that drying out has happened quickly over the past couple of weeks.

Here in the Northwest, temperatures will moderate a little bit on the 4th, but warm up nicely Saturday and Sunday.

In Idaho 60% of the Spring Wheat crop is rated good to excellent, while in Washington, 56% is rated good to excellent

While we haven’t seen very hot weather across the Northwest, it has been warm enough, long enough, to dry out area soils.

The 2025 winter wheat harvest is moving very slowly nationwide, thanks to delays due to wet weather in the center of the country.

Thanks to rains showers over the past couple of weeks, east of the Rockies, pasture and rangeland conditions nationwide have improved.   “We have seen the good-to-excellent ratings jumping to 46% and is up three percentage points from last week and at this point only 28% rated very poor-to-poor," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That is...

It’s a tale of two countries when it comes to pasture and rangeland conditions across the U.S.  The latest numbers from the USDA show the eastern half of the country benefited from a wet May and early June.   “43% of the nation's rangeland and pastures rated good to excellent, up one percentage point from last week," noted USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "31% rated very poor to ... Read

The spring wheat crop appears to be progressing nicely nationwide.   With planting wrapped up for the 2025 season, the industry can now look at emergence numbers.   “82% of the crop emerged by June 8th, one point ahead of average, four points behind last year's 86%," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "The crop is fully...

The winter wheat harvest has slowed slightly.   “Nationally, 4% of the winter wheat acreage harvested by June 8th," said USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "That's only one point increase from the previous week.  At 4%, that figure is three points behind the five-year average of 7%. Even further behind last...

The winter wheat crop continues to progress at a quick pace.  As of June 1st, 83% of the national crop is headed, slightly ahead of both the five-year average of 79%, and last year's 82%.  USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey said harvest is already underway is some portions of the country.   “Showing 3% of ...