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HARVESTING CONDITIONS LOOK PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHILE DROUGHT AND TROPICAL STORMS PRESENT
PROBLEMS AND MAYBE SOLUTIONS.
U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE METEOROLOGIST
BRAD RIPPEY SAYS GOOD GROWING WEATHER HAS
EVOLVED INTO GOOD HARVESTING CONDITIONS.
Brad Rippey, : Not only are we seeing crops
maturing quickly this year, but it should be a
fairly quick harvest with generally favorable
conditions expected to last on through October
and into November.
BUT WHILE DRY WEATHER IS GOOD FOR HARVESTING, IT'S
A PROBLEM FOR AREAS AFFECTED BY DROUGHT.
Brad Rippey : One area of concern is from the lower
Mississippi Valley into the Mid Atlantic and the
southeastern states.
We have pockets of fairly significant drought and
that's one area to watch.
RIPPEY SAYS A STILL ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON COULD
HELP ALLEVIATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
Brad Rippey: Of course, we don't want to see a
major hurricane strike the United States but
sometimes a tropical storm can go a long way
in replenishing soil moisture.
BEYOND AUTUMN, RIPPEY SAYS WINTER WILL BE MILD IS
SOME PLACES AND HARSH IN OTHERS.
Brad Rippey: It looks like it actually is going
to be a warm, dry winter again stretching from
southern California into the southeast.
But it could be a very, very difficult winter
across places like the Dakotas, Montana and also
a very cold snowy winter for the northwest.
IN WASHINGTON D-C FOR THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
I'M BOB ELLISON.