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Max Armstrong talks about airline ratings, planting progress and crop condition, a deadly Memorial Day weekend and another restaurant closing.
Southwest was ranked best for long- and short-distance flights.
As of Sunday, farmers have planted 88 percent of the total corn acres across the U.S. Soybean planting is slightly behind average.
The wheat crop improved a little bit over the last week.
Minnesota saw the deadliest Memorial Day weekend in a decade.
A Wisconsin dairyman opened a farm-to-fork restaurant five years ago, and the establishment is closing its doors now.