Max Armstrong shares some insights on extreme weather events which have increased. Max looks at the heat in the Northwest, where triple-digit temperatures have hit agriculture too, from orchards to wheat fields. Max shares insights from farmers impacted by the heat, including cattle ranchers who are selling cattle because they can't get enough feed.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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