Taiwan’s defense ministry said China sent 71 warplanes and seven naval vessels on “strike drills”⁠ — rehearsals for conflict ⁠— into its air-defense zones.

There has been a widening gulf between the official numbers and anecdotal evidence of spiraling infections on the ground.

LC hit new highs on weather and the COF report, then see hedge pressure. Hogs also hit new highs after the report. Row crops put in SA weather premium. Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek has analysis.

AgWeb is counting down the top 10 stories of the year. At No. 10, is a story about a team of truckers who crafted a casket carriage for their beloved brother, Ryan Robb, for his last ride aboard his blue Peterbilt 389.

Grains open mostly higher, except wheat, trading risk on in outside markets, lower dollar, China COVID easing, SA weather. Live cattle and hogs extend gains and put in new contract highs after USDA reports.

Three days before Christmas, on the 22nd of December, the Mueller family’s dairy barn in Strawn, Ill., went up in flames and their dairy farm suffered an enormous loss.