Month: July 2018
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Missouri senators call for more drought assistance
Missouri’s U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt are requesting additional drought assistance from the USDA. A joint statement from the senators said Missouri is in the worst period of drought since 2012 and farmers [Read More…]
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Use Twitter to help diagnose corn diseases
Corn growers nationwide can use their Twitter accounts to help diagnose corn diseases. Nathan Kleczewski, Plant Pathologist at the University of Illinois tells Brownfield pictures of corn disease symptoms can be posted along with twitter [Read More…]
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Drought conditions expand across Midwest
Drought conditions have expanded in the Midwest. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 85% of Missouri is in some form of drought. Twenty-eight northern counties are experiencing the most severe conditions. Severe conditions are also [Read More…]
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Greek investigators find ‘serious indications’ of arson in wildfires that killed at least 82 people
Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(ATHENS) — Investigators probing the cause of a series of wildfires in Greece that killed at least 82 people this week have found “serious indications” the blazes near Athens were set deliberately, [Read More…]
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New Zealand gives victims of domestic violence 10 days of paid leave
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Victims of domestic violence in New Zealand now have new protections, including paid leave from work to allow them time to recover and seek safety. The domestic violence victims’ protection bill, approved [Read More…]
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South Korean group backs off claim of finding Russian ship containing billions in gold
Hulton Archive/Getty Images(SEOUL) — Seoul – Shinil Group which claimed to have found a Russian Navy warship that sank more than a century ago containing $13 billion in gold bars backed off on Thursday, saying [Read More…]
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IRS losing money on targeting debts of low-income earners
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The IRS spent $20 million on private debt collectors who ultimately collected just $6.7 million, according to a report from the Taxpayer Advocate, the agency’s in-house watchdog. The report deems the Internal [Read More…]
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Investigators examine missing Iowa jogger’s Fitbit data as search continues
Rob Hess/ABC News(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Investigators in Iowa have zeroed in on missing jogger Mollie Tibbetts’ digital footprint, including her Fitbit — which can capture GPS data — as they work to solve her mysterious [Read More…]
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As Trump visits Iowa, farmers warn ‘patience is wearing thin’ on tariff fight
Alex Mallin/ABC News(ARLINGTON, Iowa) — Pig prices are plunging – so, too, those of American soybeans. America’s heartland farmers, in states largely supportive of President Donald Trump, say they are starting to feel real financial [Read More…]
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Connecting soil health and economic profitability
The Soil Health Partnership is working with farmers to link management practices like reduced tillage and cover crops to economic profitability. Illinois field manager Abigail Peterson says improving soil health isn’t enough for farmers facing [Read More…]
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More questions on trade relief package
The vice president of the American Soybean Association says although the $12 billion aid package will help farmers, it’s unclear how it will be divided between commodities. Davie Stephens grows corn and soybeans in Western [Read More…]
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Vegetable Grower’s field day
Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground for the Vegetable Grower’s field day at MU Bradford Research Center, Columbia, MO on Thursday August 2. Continue reading Vegetable Grower’s field day at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
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Soybean exports strong, but a new low for beef sales
The USDA reports combined old and new crop soybean export sales for the week ending July 19th were larger than what most analysts were expecting, while corn and wheat were within pre-report estimates. Physical shipments [Read More…]
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Grocery prices predicted flat to 1% higher
The USDA is expecting flat to slightly higher prices at the grocery store this year. USDA food price economist Annemarie Kuhns says the latest grocery store food price forecast is flat to one percent higher. [Read More…]
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Man in custody after allegedly abducting Tennessee teen
Virginia State Police(BRISTOL, Va.) — The man who allegedly abducted a teenage girl in Tennessee was arrested Thursday morning, shortly after authorities issued an Amber Alert. The FBI’s field office in Knoxville, Tennessee, announced via [Read More…]
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The administration’s ‘trade aid’ proposal is short on details
Ag economist David Widmar says the aid package announced by the Trump Administration this week, to help American farmers impacted by the trade wars, lacks substance. Widmar, with Ag Economic Insights, says farmers don’t have [Read More…]
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Lawyer for family of man shot in Florida wants changes to Stand Your Ground
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — A lawyer for the family of a man gunned down over a parking space in Florida called on lawmakers Thursday to change the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law to stop “wannabe cops [Read More…]
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Police issue Amber Alert for Tennessee teen in ‘extreme danger’ after alleged abduction
Virginia State Police(BRISTOL, Va.) — Police issued an Amber Alert Thursday morning for a missing teenage girl allegedly abducted by a man in Tennessee. Grace Olivia Galliher, 17, of Bristol, Tennessee, is believed to have [Read More…]
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Two Harvard grads created makeup line, Mented, for women of color
Mented Cosmetics(NEW YORK) — What started off as a friendship between two musical theater lovers has turned into a cosmetics business worth millions. Mented Cosmetics co-founders KJ Miller and Amanda Johnson became fast friends after [Read More…]
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Police arrest man in connection to California wildfires
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — Police in California on Wednesday arrested a 32-year-old man accused of setting multiple wildfires in Riverside County that have scorched thousands of acres and forced mass evacuations. Brandon N. McGlover of Temecula [Read More…]