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Buffalo Houseguest, Purple Warning Corn & the Hot-Spray Beetle | Daily Farm Brief
A 2,500-pound buffalo moved into the house—and watching television was part of his routine. Add an underground harvest found by a dog, corn designed to signal trouble, and a beetle with an extraordinary chemical defense, and there’s plenty to discover this morning.
Join Rick Portanova for Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief, Wednesday, October 21, 2026, Episode 29.
We begin with USDA’s $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief announcement, including the payment details farmers are still waiting to learn. Then we explore ethanol’s move into commercial shipping, with Maersk’s fuel trials raising an…
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