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Max Armstrong digs into the warm winter weather, the quail population and the future of the Conservation Reserve Program.

February 20, 2017

Max Armstrong notes that many are enjoying record warm weather, but will it last? The quail population is coming back according to news from the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic from Minneapolis, where there was also a discussion about asking for expanding the Conservation Reserve Program in the new farm bill. And there's news from one Illinois lawmaker who wants to raise the Interstate speed limit from 70 to 75.

Midwest Digest is a twice-daily look at news from around the Midwest. Veteran broadcaster Max Armstrong offers news and commentary for the region.

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