U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall discusses a likely short-term extension of the 2018 farm bill. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Marshall advocates passage of Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act

Kraig Westerbeek

Westerbeek named president of Smithfield Hog Production operations

Frozen turkeys at a grocery story (Photo: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)

FTC sues to block supermarket merger

Ron Estes. (Courtesy photo.)

EPA pens new rule targets local meat processors

Dry weather pattern hits the Plains

Latest WASDE livestock report was issued. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

WASDE notes change in beef production, processing

A low angle close-up view of a leather American Football sitting in the grass next to a white yard line with hash marks in the background. (Photo: iStock - cmannphoto)

Other quirks and facts from the Super Bowl

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Pacific storms dump snow into Colorado, New Mexico