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Max Armstrong talks about changes to the minimum wage, a dairy barn fire and how commodities ended the calendar year.

Max Armstrong talks about the regional changes to the minimum wage for 2018. Max shares the story of a Wisconsin man tagged four times for DWI who was in another accident with tough consequences. Max shares of a New York dairy farm family that lost a barn and their 40 milk cows, and the response to the disaster. And from This Week in Agribusiness, Max wraps up the 2017 crop-trading calendar year with a quick review of how prices ended up.

Midwest Digest is a twice-daily audio feature produced by Max Armstrong, offering news and commentary from across the Midwest.

Photo: Suzanne Clothier/GoFundMe

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