Items Tagged with 'weather balloons'

Short-staffed National Weather Service field offices will be given special temporary authority to bring in additional staff following cuts that have limited their capacity to launch weather balloons, Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood told Agri-Pulse Friday.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is doubling down on promises that the Trump administration will help farmers affecting by tariffs. And she’s downplaying concerns that a key funding source is running dry.

Cost-cutting efforts by the Trump Administration over the past few months have dug away at the National Weather Service's workforce, which some experts warn could lead to less-reliable weather forecasts.