we stopped by to visit with farm journal field agronomist ken ferrie this week. he told me april planted soybeans are yielding much better than the crop planted in may, as the later planted crop suffocated from sudden death syndrome and emergence issue. but even then, farmers are seeing a lot of 60 bushel plus stem. slowing down some of hte combine by 2/5 miles per hour. and can't cut too early or too late because of moistures, natinoally, soybean harvest is right on pace with average as 76 percent of the crop is harvested. farmers in the western corn belt still battling rain.. iowa is trailing the average pace by 9 points. nebraska is 10 points behind. the nation's corn crop is 61 percent harvested. one point behind average. that's a 15 point jump in just a week. cattle prices trending higher since mid october. the momentum supported by usda's latest cattle on feed report, fidning inventory numbers smaller than expected. september placements also down, seeing a 2 percent reduction from last year. our partners at drovers say continued momentum depends on the indu

ferried to the city by helicopters. still ahead this morning - singer "celine dion".... is plus...some are calling ?this man? the true winner of last night's debate.why the internet is going carzy for ken bone... next! 3 in your a legendary singer has a new number worth celebrating. a milestone for celine dion! 3(nat-singing) (nat-singing) the canadian singer has performed her one-thousandth las vegas concert. dion began her first vegas residency in 2003... and yes, her latest show "will go on."performances have been extended through new this morning --- comedian "jim gaffigan" is giving back to milwaukee!check out the video announcement he posted on facebook. facebook.:13-:33 "i'll be doing a show at the pabst theater where all proceeds will go to benefit riverwest food pantry which is a very unique place that not only helps people with obtaining food, but also provides life skills and mentoring." mentoring." ?fourth? show in milwaukee on new years eve weekend.his three previously announced shows at the pabst are basically sold out. this one is friday, december 30th at 10 p-m.as you heard... 100 percent of ticket sales will be donated to "riverwest food pantry."tickets go on sale wedn