Month: July 2018
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Aphid populations worst in central Minnesota
Soybean aphid populations are on the rise in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension entomologist Bob Koch says the largest numbers are in the central part of the state. “Stearns County area westward towards Willmar, and [Read More…]
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Disease pressure builds in wet areas of the Corn Belt
Disease pressure continues to build in parts of the Corn Belt under stress from too much moisture. Carolyn Zierke is an innovation specialist for BASF in southern Minnesota. She says rain, heat, and humidity has [Read More…]
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Minnesota farmers adapting to herbicide resistance
A soybean researcher says farmers in his state are adapting to the herbicide-resistant weed epidemic. David Kee with the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council tells Brownfield growers are mixing up chemistries and making more [Read More…]
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Tumbling soybean prices could trigger indemnity payments
A farm management analyst predicts the tumble in soybean prices will result in substantial crop insurance payments for some farmers. Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in south-central Minnesota says revenue protection policies based on optional [Read More…]
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Crop disease common across Midwest this year
Many farmers across the Midwest are seeing a variety of crop diseases because of increasingly hot and moist conditions. Mike Meyer is a technical expert with Corteva. “Frogeye leaf spot, mostly gray leaf spot, and [Read More…]
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‘I pray for our cops every day’: Law enforcement deaths spiking, guns No. 1 cause
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When New York State Police trooper Nicholas Clark responded to a reported suicidal person barricaded in a home this month, the suspect gunned him down before taking his own life. “A 29-year-old [Read More…]
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Harvey Weinstein asks court to dismiss Ashley Judd lawsuit, says they had a ‘bargain’
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein’s legal team said in new court documents that Ashley Judd struck “a bargain” with him in which she would allow him to touch her “if [Read More…]
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Prosecutors allege Russian agent maintained ‘duplicitous relationship’ with political operative
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors believe that Maria Butina, the Russian gun-rights activist who was recently arrested and charged with acting as a foreign agent, maintained a “duplicitous relationship” with an American political operative for the [Read More…]
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England’s swans population counted in annual ‘swan-upping’
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Among the most quirky of Britain’s historic traditions, the practice of counting swans, or “swan-upping,” has a long history dating back hundreds of years. The tradition is named after the officials who carry [Read More…]
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Steam pipe blast spews asbestos and creates bus-size crater in the middle of New York City
ABC News(NEW YORK) — An 86-year-old underground steam pipe exploded in New York City Thursday morning, spewing dangerous asbestos-tainted debris throughout the area and leaving a crater in a street the size of a city [Read More…]
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Three IL Representatives named to farm bill conference committee
United States representatives from Illinois, Rodney Davis, Cheri Bustos and John Shimkus are named to serve on the farm bill conference committee. Illinois Farm Bureau President, Richard Guebert says farm bureau is pleased that the [Read More…]
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Illinois dicamba injury rising
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has received 206 alleged dicamba misuse complaints as of Monday. There were 246 total reports in 2017. Dicamba misuse complaints will be taken year-round but must be made within 30 [Read More…]
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Missouri pesticide misuse complaints rising
The Missouri Department of Agriculture received 200 pesticide misuse complaints as of Monday – 139 are alleged dicamba injuries to a variety of crops including more than 20,000 acres of soybeans. Nearly half of the [Read More…]
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Another tight year for dairy farmers ahead
The USDA expects margins for dairy farmers to remain tight into next year. USDA World Ag Outlook Board Chair Seth Meyer says while feed costs were lowered in the July outlook, it’s not enough to [Read More…]
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Another immigration bill in the U.S. House
A group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill in the U.S. House to replace the H-2A guest worker program. The Ag and Legal Workforce Act incorporates language that was defeated on the House floor [Read More…]
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‘We avoided a disaster’: Bystander saves baby boy from car on hot day, mom arrested
ABC News(VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla.) — After a quick-thinking bystander noticed a baby boy in the back seat of a car on a hot Florida day, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said, “We avoided a disaster.” [Read More…]
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South Korean government, shipping company ordered to pay compensation for 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s court has ordered the government and a shipping company to pay compensation to the families of victims of the Sewol ferry that sank in 2014, killing 304 on [Read More…]
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Israel passes controversial Jewish nation-state law
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) – Israel adopted a contentious law on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, a move critics described as racist and a step toward an apartheid state. The bill, [Read More…]
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Analysis shows benefits of dredging Lower Mississippi River
Recent analysis by the Soy Transportation Coalition shows dredging the Lower Mississippi River would enhance U.S. trade competitiveness and improve farmer profitability. Mike Steenhoek, director of the Coalition, calls the 256-mile stretch from Baton Rouge, [Read More…]
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Palmer amaranth continues to spread north
Recent reports indicate Palmer Amaranth has now been found in 29 states and as far north as Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan. At a recent glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth field day in south-central Nebraska, [Read More…]