Month: June 2018
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Gene editing – the wave of the future
The ongoing GMO debate has left much of the agriculture industry battered and bruised. In this Managing for Profit, geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam explains how the ag industry can learn from that debate to change the conversation [Read More…]
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Nebraska farmland values dropped four percent in 2017
Final results from the 2018 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Survey show a fourth consecutive year of declining ag land values. The statewide average value dropped four percent to 2,270 dollars per acre. That’s an 18 [Read More…]
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Sustainable Agronomy Conference
Brownfield’s Larry Lee will be on the ground in Madison, Wisconsin on June 26 for the Sustainable Agronomy Conference. Continue reading Sustainable Agronomy Conference at Brownfield Ag News.
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New, long-extinct ape species found in ancient Chinese tomb
Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images(SHAANXI PROVINCE, China) — An entirely new but long-extinct ape species has been discovered in an ancient tomb in central China. The skull and jaw of the never-before-seen gibbon were found [Read More…]
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Online fundraiser for separated migrant families has brought in over $18.5M, breaking records
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of thousands of people upset about the separation of immigrant families at the border are putting their money into the fight, and making history in the process. A Facebook fundraiser called [Read More…]
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Unarmed black teen killed by cop wrote in 2016 poem: ‘I want my mom to never feel that pain’
Justin Merriman/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — An unarmed African-American teenager killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop this week wrote a poem two years ago saying he never wants his mother to feel the pain of [Read More…]
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Man with gun tattoo on face arrested for gun possession
Greenville Police Department(GREENVILLE, S.C.) — A man in South Carolina with gun tattoo on his face has been arrested for illegally possessing a gun. Michael Vines, who is federally prohibited from possessing a firearm, allegedly [Read More…]
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75 percent of Americans say immigration is a good thing: Gallup poll
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Three-quarters of Americans say immigration is a good thing, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. The number — 75 percent — is a “record-high” and includes majorities from all party groups, [Read More…]
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‘Roseanne’ spinoff ‘The Conners’ will premiere in the fall without Roseanne Barr
Adam Rose/ABC(LOS ANGELES) — ABC has greenlit a spinoff series of the now-canceled “Roseanne” — without the show’s embattled star. On Thursday, the network announced that much of the cast of “Roseanne,” including John Goodman, [Read More…]
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AFBF concerned about ag labor in immigration bills
With the defeat of the Securing America’s Future Act in the U.S. House, a farm group is concerned about whether Congress can get important fixes into immigration laws that farmers need. Mace Thornton with American [Read More…]
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“Securing America’s Future Act” fails, ag immigration reforms gone for now
The U.S. House defeated Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Michael McCaul’s Securing America’s Future Act, and have shifted the debate to the so-called immigration compromise bill leaving agriculture without a worker visa fix. Republican Representative Dan [Read More…]
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Cattle futures fall to pressure of outside markets
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed slightly lower falling to pressure from the outside markets and uncertain export future. The lack of direction from the cash trade hasn’t helped the futures markets gain [Read More…]
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Soybeans post more new lows
Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling, with July notching another two-year low spot price. Weekly export numbers were neutral to bearish and trade tensions with China continue ahead of scheduled tariffs, with no [Read More…]
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House passes farm bill 213-211
Without further debate on Thursday, the House of Representatives passed its version of the farm bill by a vote of 213-211. The House bill will now have to go to conference with a Senate farm bill [Read More…]
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Koko the gorilla dies: ‘She taught me so much,’ trainer says
The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) — Koko, the western lowland gorilla who learned sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, has died at the age of 46, the group that cared for her announced Thursday. The [Read More…]
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‘I acted to protect my family and others’: Pastor who shot Walmart gunman dead
KOMO-TV(OAKVILLE, Wash.) — The pistol-packing pastor who gunned down a man allegedly on a carjacking rampage that left three people shot in Tumwater, Washington, on Father’s Day, says he acted to “protect my family and [Read More…]
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Japanese worker docked for starting lunch 3 minutes early
iStock/Thinkstock(KOBE, Japan) — Officials in the western Japanese city of Kobe made a public apology on Thursday to a municipal employee for docking his pay after he took his lunch break three minutes early. “It [Read More…]
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Trump administration may house up to 20K migrant children at US military bases
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is considering housing up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on U.S. military bases, according to a U.S. official. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made the request to [Read More…]
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Growers say enough with Turkey dumping cherries into the U.S.
Tart cherry growers are taking issue with Turkey and its dumping into the U.S. Phil Korson with the Cherry Marketing Institute tells Brownfield they recently met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and testified before [Read More…]
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Crop and Soil Management Workshop
Brownfield’s Tom Steever and Rhiannon Branch will be at the Bradford Research Center in Columbia, Missouri on July 12, 2018 for Training Agricultural Professionals: Crop and Soil Management Workshop. Continue reading Crop and Soil [Read More…]