Month: June 2019
Ag News
Indiana planting pace remains slower than average
Northeast Indiana farmer Carrie Vollmer-Sanders says they’ve planted nothing so far this year. “We don’t have anything in the ground except for the wheat that we planted last fall,” she says. Indiana corn and soybean [Read More…]
Ag News
Disaster relief bill awaits President Trump’s signature
The House passed the 19-billion-dollar disaster relief bill Monday, sending it to President Trump’s desk. The emergency spending bill includes around 17-billion for expenses from wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos and earthquakes, plus a three-billion dollar amendment [Read More…]
Ag News
Persistent rain leads to record planting delays
Corn and soybean planting have reached record delays. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says as of Sunday only 67% of the nation’s corn crop was planted. “That is by far a record. The previous record was [Read More…]
Ag News
SE Iowa farmer is back planting soybeans
Mark Jackson of Oskaloosa, Iowa posted this photo on Monday of soybeans being planted into a cereal rye cover crop. Southeast Iowa farmer Mark Jackson was back planting soybeans Monday after a two-week rain delay. Jackson, who farms [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued June 04 at 8:17AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… Vermillion River Near Wakonda James River At Huron James River Near Forestburg James River At Mitchell
News
Trump, May talk Iran, Brexit, trade at joint news conference
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May stressed the importance of the U.S.-U.K. “special relationship ” in dealing with Iran, but noted “we stand by the nuclear deal” at a joint news conference [Read More…]
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Search for missing Connecticut mom calls for surveillance footage
New Canaan Police Department(NEW CANAAN, Conn.) — New Canaan, Connecticut, police are asking residents to save surveillance camera footage from May 22 to May 25 as it may help with the intensifying search for missing [Read More…]
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Trump ‘Baby Blimp’ takes to the sky as mass protests of US president begin in London
TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The infamous “Trump Baby” blimp was seen flying across London on Tuesday as protesters turned out in the thousands during the U.S. president’s state visit. Thousands were scheduled to attend the [Read More…]
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Apple is saying goodbye to iTunes
Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s the end of iTunes — at least as we know it. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that its iTunes app, a game-changer when [Read More…]
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US farmers face historic delays from flooded fields amid Trump tariffs
ghornephoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Last week 600 acres of the Hurst family farm was underwater. Those acres already had been planted with corn, and Blake Hurst said the family now had to decide if there was [Read More…]
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Selena, iconic Latina singer, gets her own themed cruise
laurenbergstrom/iStock(NEW YORK) — It’s been almost 25 years since her death, but the legacy of legendary Latina singer Selena lives on. On Sept. 25, 2020, fans will have the opportunity to take a Selena Tribute [Read More…]
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Catastrophic flooding continues, with more rain on the way
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Arkansas River near Little Rock is cresting at its highest level since 1945 as the region braces for more rainfall. Dozens of levees in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas have failed, [Read More…]
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Two Salvadoran migrants die after being apprehended at border
mdurson/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Federal authorities have confirmed two Salvadoran migrants died over the weekend after being apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the migrants was a transgender woman, according to LGBTQ immigrant advocates. Jonathan Alberto [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota grower shifts view to soybeans
South Dakota farmer Doug Hanson says much of his farm will not have corn planted on it this season. Hanson, who farms between the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers, says he planted about seven percent [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer’s broken levee leads to prevent plant
A central Missouri farmer has been able to plant corn on his hills and is almost done with soybeans but his Missouri River bottom ground is about six feet under water, “Our levee did breach [Read More…]
Ag News
Still yield potential for late-planted soybeans
Wet weather has resulted in Missouri producers getting behind in planting. Tom Steever spoke to Ag Education on the Move Director Greg Luce, who says early-planted yield the best, but there’s still a lot of [Read More…]
Ag News
Midwest Dairy celebrates June Dairy Month
Midwest Dairy’s June Dairy Month kicked off on World Milk Day in St. Louis County. Trenton, Missouri dairy farmer Alex Peterson joined in the celebration and fundraiser in Des Peres on Saturday, “We’re partnered with [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag trade surplus is shrinking
The U.S. agriculture trade surplus is shrinking. Fiscal Year 2019 U.S. agriculture exports are projected at $137 billion, $6 billion less than last year. Meanwhile, the agriculture import projection is a billion dollars higher than [Read More…]
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Suspected Virginia Beach gunman resigned for ‘personal reasons’ just before massacre
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — The public utilities engineer who allegedly gunned down 12 people, including 11 colleagues, at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center sent an email that he was resigning just hours before [Read More…]
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Apple Watch OS 6 will feature a menstrual period tracker
Apple(NEW YORK) — New updates to the Apple Watch will include a menstrual cycle tracking feature, meeting a need users have long called for. The Cycle Tracking feature is not only coming to the Apple [Read More…]