Month: September 2018
Ag News
Teralytic achieves Ag Data Transparent certification
The soil analytics company Teralytic has attained Ag Data Transparent certification. Teralytic’s wireless probes contain more than two-dozen sensors for detailed soil quality data on soil moisture, NPK, salinity and more. Ag Data Transparent is [Read More…]
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Tar Spot covers more Midwest fields this season
Tar spot, a fungal disease of corn, has spread to more Midwest fields this year. Jim Donnelly is an agronomist for Asgrow/DEKALB in Northern Illinois, “With respect to my territory, I have a geography essentially [Read More…]
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Milk futures flat, cash dairy mostly higher
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed Wednesday relatively flat range despite a positive supply and demand forecast for milk prices. September milk closed up two cents at $16.13. October was unchanged [Read More…]
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Process reduces manure odor, produces fertilizer, clean water
A presenter at the Ag Innovation Showcase has developed a way to take much of the smell out of manure leaving a by-product of fertilizer and clean water. Livestock Water Recycling (LWR) co-founder Karen Schuett [Read More…]
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Farmers in Illinois and Iowa receive largest trade aid payments
Farmers in Illinois and Iowa are projected to receive the most trade aid from USDA’s Market Facilitation Program. Politico says Illinois growers are in line for $597 million in direct payments, and producers in Iowa [Read More…]
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Hurricane Florence’s path: What to expect and when
ABC News(CHARLESTON, S.C.) — Hurricane Florence, a powerful Category 3 storm, is closing in on the Southeast, bringing threatening winds, a high storm surge and tons of rain. Florence is expected to bring catastrophic flooding [Read More…]
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Man killed by Dallas police officer inside his own apartment to be laid to rest
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — The 26-year-old man who was allegedly killed by an off-duty Dallas police officer in his own apartment will be laid to rest Thursday. Botham Jean was fatally shot Sept. 6 when a patrol [Read More…]
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While many flee Hurricane Florence, others think about staying: ‘It’s not a thrill ride you want to be on,’ official says
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — Residents of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — a beach town devastated by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and Hurricane Hazel in 1954 — are bracing for what could possibly be [Read More…]
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Thousands of water bottles, meant for Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria survivors, left to rot on airport tarmac
Courtesy Abdiel Santana(SAN JUAN) — At least a thousand pallets of water bottles, meant for Hurricane Maria survivors, were left to rot under the Puerto Rican sun. That is what Angelo Cruz Ramos, the mayor [Read More…]
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’60 Minutes’ exec Jeff Fager out at CBS as sexual misconduct allegations still under investigation
Brad Barket/Getty Images for Peabody(NEW YORK) — Days after the CEO of CBS left the network giant, one of the executive producers of the channel’s hallmark programs is also leaving. Jeff Fager, the executive producer [Read More…]
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Apple Watch introduced with FDA-approved heart rate features, fall detection
Apple(NEW YORK) — Apple is focused on big screens — and even bigger medical applications — at its event, which introduces 3 new iPhones and a revamped Apple Watch with powerful diagnostic tools that have [Read More…]
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State lawmakers approve online sales tax bills
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota will start collecting sales taxes from many out-of-state internet retailers this fall under a bill approved by the Legislature. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday during a special session to support [Read More…]
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Hurricane Florence tracker: Storm may bring unprecedented flooding, historical rainfall
Alexander Gerst/Twitter(NEWPORT, N.C.) — Hurricane Florence, a dangerous Category 3 storm, is expected to bring catastrophic flooding to the Southeast and may dump as much as 40 inches of rain in North Carolina alone. The [Read More…]
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U.S. ethanol production declines
U.S. ethanol production last week backed off from the recent high levels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.02 million barrels a day, 67,000 less than the previous week with policy uncertainties about [Read More…]
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Bayer Crop Sciences executives address acquisition questions
Bayer Crop Sciences took time at the Farm Progress Show to explain some changes now that the acquisition of Monsanto is final. “Not a lot has changed eight days into the deal from what we [Read More…]
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Hog sector braces for Florence’s impact
The East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Florence and its landfall could send ripple effects throughout the ag sector. John Heinberg with Stewart-Peterson says the biggest impact will likely be seen in the hog markets. [Read More…]
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Opportunities for US beef in Europe
A livestock economist says the European Commission’s announcement to review the duty-free quota for high-quality beef is good news for US beef producers. Erin Borror with the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) says the current [Read More…]
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Tar Spot is affecting more Midwest corn
A seed company agronomist says corn tar spot is impacting a larger area in the Midwest this year. Barry Sutton with Dairyland Seed says, “They first discovered it in Indiana in 2015, a couple of locations [Read More…]
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Hurricane Florence’s path: What to expect and when
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Florence, a powerful Category 3 storm, is closing in on the Southeast, bringing threatening winds, a high storm surge and tons of rain. Florence is expected to bring catastrophic flooding [Read More…]
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Renoir painting looted by Nazis returned to rightful owner’s heir
Museum of Jewish Heritage(NEW YORK) — Federal authorities returned a Renoir looted by the Nazis during World War II to the heir of its rightful owner on Wednesday. Pierre-August Renoir painted “Deux Femmes Dans Un [Read More…]