Winter Weather Watch: Tennessee row crop farmer offers update on current conditions in his region

“A row crop farmer, we’re not impacted that much... the freight trucks had to stop and keep them off the road.”

A winter storm made its way across the country late last week, impacting ag operations from Texas to Tennessee.

Jon Rose spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanna Alexander on current conditions, the biggest issues from the storm, and what to expect moving forward.

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