Max Armstrong wishes a happy 50th to the ATM, which made its debut on Long Island, N.Y. Max observes that this tool has become indispensable today, and of course the skimmers that are also a part of that technology. From This Week in Agribusiness, Midwest politicians are praising the new U.S.-Japan trade deal announced last week. There’s the story of a North Dakota couple cheated out of $144,000 by a grain buyer who is slated to be sentenced to prison later this year, Max offers more information on the trader’s scheme. And states up north got a good look at the Northern Lights.

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