Sitting in for Max Armstrong, Steve Alexander reports that this year's Rose Bowl will be like no other, and not played in Pasadena. From This Week in Agribusiness, there's news of a grain bin accident that killed a truck driver. Steve shares news of a family that raised money for fire departments to buy equipment to buy equipment to help save folks trapped in grain bins. And Steve shares that there's been a rise in the purchase of chickens for suburbia.

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