Doug Hensley from Hertz Real Estate Services Illinois and the Eastern Corn Belt had a much better early planting season in 2020 than 2019; but some large amounts of rainfall in May have put them behind Iowa and Nebraska. Spencer Chase from AgriPulse in Washington D.C. tells us about the U.K.’s resistance to the United States’ food system including uses of antimicrobial rinses in chicken production and hormones in beef production and its hindrance on a trade deal between the countries.