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Here’s some of what’s happening in the Chicago area’s vibrant dining scene.

Statewide yield estimates in Nebraska and Iowa trail sharply behind average at 158 bushels per acre and 180.4 bpa, respectively, while Wisconsin's less-volatile weather lifted yields closer to normal at 169.7 bpa.

With the war in Ukraine driving up food and energy prices, fertilizer has become a major point of contention as immediate food needs overwhelm long-term environmental policies such as reducing emissions.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has sought to tamp down speculation or concerns about the wide-ranging impacts of Ukraine being taken out of the global agricultural markets. Still, the secretary said leaders from the World Food Program also spoke to G-7 agricultural leaders on Friday, concerned about hunger, the pandemic, drought and Ukraine.

It was Medill freshman Alexia Kadota-Browner’s last night of Fall Quarter in Evanston.  She finished packing, scheduled an early morning Lyft to the airport, grabbed her bedazzled pink cowboy hat and headed out to Tuesday Trivia Night at Bob’s Pizza. A Northwestern student favorite in downtown Evanston, Bob’s Pizza began as a ghost kitchen, a...