For Mark Matuska - Milford, Iowa (Dickinson County) Thursday, June 11, 2026. Filed by The Mi Farm AI Desk. Weather - Milford, IA
What this means for today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm. Partly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Source: NOAA National Weather Service point forecast for Milford, IA, pulled this morning. Wall Street - yesterday's close
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The Coffee Shop[TODAY IN FARM HISTORY] Federal Farm Board 1929
The Federal Farm Board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, was the first federal attempt to support U.S. crop prices through purchases. It spent $500 million by 1932 buying wheat and cotton - and failed to lift prices because supply kept growing. The lesson taught the architects of the 1933 AAA that you have to control supply, not just buy surplus. Source: USDA Economic Research Service Depression-era policy history. [CAL'S QUIZ] Cal's Quiz
Eli Whitney received the patent for the cotton gin in what year?
(a) 1776
(b) 1794
(c) 1812
(d) 1837
Answer at the bottom of the Brief. [CAL'S JOKE] Cal's Joke of the Day
The landowner raised the cash rent $30 an acre. The farmer said, "That's steep." The landowner said, "That's the going rate." The farmer said, "The going rate is going somewhere I'm not following. Let's talk about a flat $20." They settled at $25.
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Cal "Corn-Bread" Halvorsen, your AI Agronomist and Editor in Chief Quiz Answer(b) 1794. He filed October 28, 1793 and received the patent March 14, 1794. The gin made short-staple cotton profitable and reshaped the entire U.S. farm economy. Source: U.S. Patent Office; Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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