Month: September 2019
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Strip trials determine cover crop benefits, challenges
Awareness is spreading about the value of cover crops in reducing erosion and nutrient loss. Soybean checkoff dollars are helping to determine what challenges are connected with cover crops. Tom Steever spoke to MU nutrient [Read More…]
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One-percent of SD soybeans harvested
South Dakota’s corn crop remains well behind in maturity, only 29% mature compared to 66 percent on average. Sixty-five percent of the crop is rated good to excellent Soybeans dropping leaves reached 58% as of [Read More…]
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A quarter of Missouri corn crop harvested
Twenty-six percent of Missouri corn had been harvested as of Sunday. Corn maturity was only at 72 percent, 23 percentage points behind last year. Less than half the crop is in good to excellent condition. [Read More…]
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Farmer starting harvest four weeks late
A Missouri farmer says he’s finally ready to harvest this week – but is keeping his eyes on the weather. Mark Scott farms in east-central Missouri in the St. Charles area. “Right here, I’m not [Read More…]
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Bisexual teen dies by suicide after being outed by classmates, family says
iStock(MANCHESTER, Tenn.) — A Tennessee teenager took his own life after being outed as bisexual by classmates who bullied him, according to his family. Channing Smith, a 16-year-old student at Coffee County Central High School [Read More…]
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Rain slows Nebraska harvest activity
A combination of more rain and slow-maturing crops is causing delays in Nebraska’s fall harvest. As of Sunday, only eight percent of corn and six percent of soybeans were harvested. Fifty-two percent of the corn [Read More…]
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After police shot the wrong man, city’s lawyer argues man didn’t have constitutional rights because he was undocumented
iStock(SOUTHAVEN, Miss.) — No one is disputing that police killed the wrong man when they were looking for someone else. They are arguing about whether the now-deceased man had any constitutional rights because the victim [Read More…]
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Virginia 6th-grader falsely accused white students of forcefully cutting her ‘nappy’ dreadlocks, family admits
iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Va.) — A black sixth-grader apologized to her school on Monday, admitting that she had falsely accused white classmates of pinning her to the ground and forcefully cutting her dreadlocks. According to her family, [Read More…]
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Rain slows Wisconsin fieldwork, temperatures aid crop maturity
Another week of above normal temperatures and frequent rains slowed fieldwork in Wisconsin last week, but allowed crops mature. As of Sunday, 16% of the corn crop is mature, 18 days behind the five-year average. [Read More…]
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Fate of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on trial for wrong-apartment murder in hands of jury
iStock(DALLAS) — A Texas jury began deliberations in the apartment-mix-up murder case of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on Monday after prosecutors told them in their closing argument that she made a series of [Read More…]
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Zoo creates panic with missing cougar alert
iStock(INDEPENDENCE, Kan.) — An hour after causing public panic by saying a cougar escaped from a zoo in Kansas on Monday, officials said the animal never actually left the grounds and has since been captured. [Read More…]
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Export optimism helps offset record hog supply
The USDA’s latest quarterly Hogs and Pigs report showed a record number of hogs and pigs. Market analyst Joe Kerns, of Iowa-based Kerns and Associates, says industry analysts were holding their breath ahead of this [Read More…]
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Soybean maturity varies widely in Wisconsin
A University of Wisconsin soybean specialist says throughout the state, crops are struggling to mature. Shawn Conley tells Brownfield, “If you go from the northern part of Wisconsin up around Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Spooner, [Read More…]
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Farmer sees success with nutrient management
A northeastern Indiana farmer says having a nutrient management plan is critical to the success of his farm. Jamie Bultemeier operates a diversified livestock and grain operation with his wife Traci. He is also an [Read More…]
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USDA vet calls African Swine Fever a good hitchhiker
USDA veterinarian Dr. Jack Shere says African Swine Fever is not significantly contagious on its own, but the disease is spreading rapidly because it is an excellent hitchhiker. “If there is contact with and animal [Read More…]
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China/US meeting after China holiday
Reports out of China say that officials will meet to negotiate with the U.S. after China’s national holiday which runs October 1st through October 3rd, to commemorate the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Read More…]
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Elon Musk unveils Starship, to transport humans to the moon, Mars ‘and beyond’
Jorge Villalba/iStock(BOCA CHICA, Texas) — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared his vision for a future of commercial space travel with the latest updates on the company’s new Starship spacecraft, which he hopes will soon carry [Read More…]
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WeWork withdraws its IPO filing after weeks of corporate drama
Andrei Stanescu/iStock(NEW YORK) — After weeks of corporate drama, WeWork announced Monday that it will file a request to withdraw its initial public offering filing. The move to withdraw their IPO form, which was initially [Read More…]
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LAPD investigating how recruiting ad appeared on Breitbart
traveler1116/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — An ad recruiting people for the Los Angeles Police Department appeared on the conservative news outlet Breitbart, and the department is asking questions about how it happened. The ad appears to have [Read More…]
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NY Archdiocese has been in compliance when handling sexual abuse allegations: Review
TriggerPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) –A year-long review into how the Archdiocese of New York was handling sexual abuse allegations has prompted some recommendations but found that overall they have been following the rules. Barbara Jones, a former [Read More…]