THE MI FARM AI BRIEF What changed on your fields overnight. Vol. 1 . Issue 024 . Sunday, June 28, 2026 Lake Crystal, Minnesota . Sunday, June 28, 2026

Mi Farm AI Intelligence Operation Centers . Milford . South Bend . Owatonna . Mantorville

For Nate Meixell - Lake Crystal, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)

Sunday, June 28, 2026. Filed by The Mi Farm AI Desk.

Weather - Lake Crystal, MN

What this means for today: Sunny, with a high near 97. Heat index values as high as 111. South wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service point forecast for Lake Crystal, MN, pulled this morning.

  Hour   Temp  Rain      Wind          Sky
   7 PM   83F  rain   9%  wind ESE 15 mph    Mostly Cloudy
   8 PM   82F  rain   7%  wind ESE 10 mph    Partly Cloudy
   9 PM   80F  rain   5%  wind SE 15 mph     Partly Cloudy
  10 PM   79F  rain   4%  wind SE 15 mph     Partly Cloudy
  11 PM   79F  rain   2%  wind SE 15 mph     Partly Cloudy
  12 AM   78F  rain   1%  wind SSE 15 mph    Partly Cloudy
   1 AM   79F  rain   1%  wind SSE 10 mph    Mostly Clear
   2 AM   77F  rain   1%  wind SSE 10 mph    Mostly Clear
   3 AM   77F  rain   2%  wind SSE 10 mph    Mostly Clear
   4 AM   77F  rain   3%  wind S 15 mph      Partly Cloudy
   5 AM   77F  rain   4%  wind SSE 15 mph    Partly Cloudy
   6 AM   76F  rain   8%  wind SSE 15 mph    Sunny
   7 AM   77F  rain  12%  wind SSE 15 mph    Sunny
   8 AM   79F  rain   9%  wind SSE 15 mph    Sunny

Source: NOAA National Weather Service hourly point forecast, pulled this morning.

Grain & Livestock - corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle

Source: Chicago Board of Trade.

Cal's Market Read

Overnight, corn slipped about 5 cents; beans slipped about 7 cents; and wheat slipped about 2 cents. Stocks point higher, the S&P up about 0.4 percent.

-- Cal

Wall Street - Friday's close

Wall Street - today's futures (where the market's at going into the day)

Decision Delivered

• Price 15,000 bu soybeans via HTA to ADM Mankato at $11.19
• Evaluate trade on Case IH Magnum 340 (2020) - 6 years old, Section 179 opportunity ($25,440)
• Crop insurance: Acreage reporting deadline - 2026-06-30 ($2,360,640)
• LOC at 80% drawn ($1,200,000) - reduce before spring inputs

What to Watch Today

• Weather: dry-looking day, high near 97F. Good window for field work.
• Market watch: soy is the mover overnight, down about 7 cents -- watch the cash bid at your elevator today.

Cal "Corn-Bread" Halvorsen, your AI Agronomist

From Cal's News Desk

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Cal's Receipt

Cal's Receipt is the public ledger of every call this desk made for your farm - what was at stake, whether you followed it, and what it actually saved (or cost). HILT-Transparent. Append-only. Every dollar cites its source.

• Open your Weekly Scorecard - refreshes every Sunday 4:00 PM CT
• Open your Monthly Receipt - refreshes first Monday 7:00 AM CT

Today in Farm Safety

In cold, wet field work, watch for frostbite on fingers, ears, and nose and for the early shivering of hypothermia. Dress in layers you can shed, keep a dry change in the cab, and warm up before judgment and grip start to fade. Source: OSHA cold stress guidance; National Ag Safety Database.

-- Cal

The Coffee Shop

From April 3, 1860 to October 26, 1861, the Pony Express carried mail by horseback between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California - 1,966 miles in about 10 days. It was killed by the transcontinental telegraph, but for 18 months it was how farm correspondence crossed the Plains. Source: National Park Service Pony Express National Historic Trail; Smithsonian Postal Museum.

Answer at the bottom of the Brief.

Cal "Corn-Bread" Halvorsen, your AI Agronomist and Editor in Chief

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