Friday's AOA began by looking at the impact of severe weather across the heart of the corn belt on Thursday with Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Principle Atmospheric Scientist and his thoughts on the pattern change coming. In segment 2, Dennis Smith of Archer Financial Services discussed the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report released on Thrusday by the USDA and also discussed some pretty juicy price targets for live cattle in 2024. Jeff Johnston, Lead Communications Economist with CoBank discussed the impact of recent USDA funding for rural broadband development.