Max Armstrong looks at weather for the holiday including the heavy rains in South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. Max shares that the July 4 holiday is a busy day for on business – pet shelters. From This Week in Agribusiness, the corn market took off ahead of the holiday thanks in part due to the weather report as traders take a break. And Max remembers University of Kentucky alum Jared Lorenzen a heavy weight quarterback who died at the age of 38.

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