National ag outlook: 1–2 storm waves move west-to-east, bringing West rain and mountain snow, interior Southwest drier, and central/eastern showers late. Northern tier stays seasonally cold; South near to slightly warm with brief cool-downs. Expect short fieldwork windows, localized mud, livestock cold stress, frost/freeze episodes, and late-week Gulf Coast storms.
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U.S. agriculture policy sits in a year-end holding pattern: farm bill positioning, agency moves, and court timelines will shape early‑2026. Watch safety nets, conservation/climate funding, SNAP administration, livestock competition rules, pesticide/ESA and biofuels guidance, H‑2A costs, and trade frictions. Expect limited Hill action and potential agency notices.
November 13 has repeatedly reshaped U.S. agriculture: the 1927 Holland Tunnel revolutionized New York’s perishables logistics; the 1833 Leonids spurred farm recordkeeping; 2019’s Arctic cold triggered a propane crunch during harvest; and 2020’s Eta flooded South Florida vegetables—underscoring how logistics, observation, weather, and ingenuity drive the food system.
Mid-November U.S. farm weather brings brief dry windows amid periodic storms, wind, and early chill. PNW stays unsettled; Northern Plains cool; California mostly south dry; Southwest dry; Midwest and Northeast show intermittent rain/lake-effect; Delta/Southeast scattered showers. Best fieldwork in Plains/western Corn Belt; watch freezes, fog, disease, wind erosion, livestock stress.
Soil microbial fuel cells harvest electrons from root-zone microbes to power ultra-low-energy farm sensors, offering 24/7 trickle energy without sun or battery swaps. Best in moist soils, they cut maintenance and waste, enable LoRaWAN telemetry, and suit paddies, greenhouses, and irrigated rows, though output varies with moisture, temperature, and disturbance.
Veterans Day muted formal moves, but farm bill jockeying intensified over reference prices, IRA conservation funds, and nutrition. Appropriations riders, USDA competition rules, pesticide compliance, H‑2A wages, trade costs, and biofuels loom. Expect midweek data and notices to shape negotiations, with state-federal standards and compliance planning central.
U.S. markets started the week in consolidation as the Treasury holiday muted rate-driven flows. With rates, dollar, equities, and commodities steady, attention shifts to CPI, PPI, retail sales and jobless claims. Liquidity normalizes later, with oil and earnings in focus; credit stable. Upcoming data will reset rate and equity expectations.
November 11 recurs across U.S. agriculture: the Mayflower Compact’s communal rules, Washington statehood’s farm boom, the 1926 highway system’s logistics revolution, the 1918 armistice’s price crash, the 1940 blizzard’s livestock reforms, and Veterans Day’s farmer-veteran pipeline—illustrating governance, infrastructure, weather, war, and service shaping the food system.
U.S. agriculture faces a typical late-autumn split: cool, unsettled northern tier and milder South. The week brings fast-moving systems, periodic Gulf-fed showers mid-South/Ohio Valley, and wet Pacific Northwest, while Southwest/California stay mostly dry with valley fog. Key concerns: frost north, gusty Plains winds, fog delays; generally brief harvest interruptions.
Microbial fuel cells harvest soil microbes’ electrons to power low-duty-cycle farm sensors, reducing battery swaps and e-waste. In wet or irrigated systems, MFC nodes trickle-charge supercaps to send LoRaWAN data on moisture, temperature, EC, redox, and water levels. Careful installation, calibration, and maintenance yield multi-season monitoring with compelling ROI.