Bird flu in Iowa: The first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Iowa, the No. 1 egg state, since mid-March was on a turkey farm in Buena Vista County. (Iowa Department of Agriculture)
El Niño winter: The United States will see its first winter in four years under the influence of an El Niño weather pattern, which is expected to bring above-normal temperatures to the northern tier of the 48 contiguous states and a wetter than usual winter in the wheat-growing southern Plains, the Southeast, and much of California. (NOAA)
St. Lawrence Seaway strike: Workers went on strike over wages at the St. Lawrence Seaway, shutting down cargo shipments on the waterway that runs between Montreal and Lake Erie; grain and iron ore are about half of the traffic on the seaway. (CBC)
‘Clash of the combines’: In a demolition derby with an agricultural ambience, lumbering grain harvesters crash into each other at a fundraising festival in tiny Banks, Oregon, about 25 miles northwest of Portland. (Ambrook Research)