A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a catastrophic failure as the bridge collapsed. Shipping and agricultural interests are still determining the impact the accident will have on shipping in and out of the Port of Baltimore.
Farmers lobbying last week for changes to the H-2A guest worker program are frustrated that Congress or USDA are not offering any help to provide more labor or slow the constant increases in wages for guest workers on farms.
To conserve available soil moisture, growers in many regions should consider controlling "early" weeds and terminating cover crops sooner rather than later.