FIREFIGHTERS SAVED THE BAPTIST CHURCH at Wooldridge, MO but damage looks bad. columbiatribune.com/picture-galler… via Columbia Tribune

SHE’S A GEM. Why don’t you listen to her and sleep in the house when it’s -10 in your backyard?

FIELD, BRUSH FIRE CLOSED I-70 & BURNED HOMES IN MO. komu.com/news/midmissou… via @komunews

RUSTLED. KRVN Radio Susan Littlefield Bryce Doeschot Nebraska Farmer

$20 BILLION EFFECT FROM LOW RIVER, says AccuWeather. Their numbers???“Commerce on the Mississippi River accounts for 92 percent of the country's agricultural exports, 60 percent of all grain exports and 78 percent of feed grains, soybeans and livestock exports.”

A FIRST IN 41 YEARS (and after close to 800 flights)…The Warden’s flight into Midway Intl. Airport was on time, but mine outbound was delayed just enough that we connected, from two gates apart…for maybe 60 seconds. Thank you Southwest Airlines!!

STINKER. 22,000 lbs. of live catfish…they were, 40 mi. out of Raleigh, NC.

MORTGAGE RATES. Chart shows where they've been. data.indystar.com/mortgage-rates…

RFD-TV SPECIAL TONIGHT...Ukraine. 'I learned you have to show up, Max....You don't forget the faces of people you watch die.' Farmer, philanthropist Howard Buffett shares an hour with me tonight 9 Eastern, 8 Central RFD-TV

Yes, I call them by name, but try not to talk to them more than that. (For a moment thought I was in the Joe Gill barn.)

PRIDE IN THE BLUE CORD JACKET National FFA FFAMedia Illinois FFA

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. 'Could be an especially bad time for a combine fire, as a quick replacement near you could be hard to find,' says fire commissioner (retired) Armstrong. Reminders of combine fire prevention: oscotankandtrucksales.com/top-15-tips-pr…

Four state fairs are on this week: TX, AR, SC & NC. (This guy, smallest of the Armstrong Farmalls, will be in Raleigh. Look for him N.C. State Fair.)

MAYBE A RAIL STRIKE YET? Rail Union Rejects Labor Pact bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF AG WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE BOND I HAVE WITH THESE GUYS”

ALL GREEN in Max’s Tractor Shed this weekend? Seriously?!Never before in 25+ years of TV tractor features. Seven on augers. (Hope they don’t revoke the I.H. Collectors Club card.) This Week in Ag John Deere