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Max Armstrong talks about reduced death rates, restaurant closures, a barn fire, a split-open grain bin and shovel-able snow.
In several states, death rates from the novel coronavirus have been revised downward.
A meat industry consultant belives it's possible that 50% of restaurants could be forced out of business.
In Michigan, firefighters responded to a barn fire, which caught another barn on fire due to wind.
A grain bin came apart in Missouri at an ADM elevator.
Shovelable snow is predicted for several states and communities in the heartland.