Year: 2019
Ag News
Rapid rebound in temps ahead for the Heartland
The severe but short-lived Arctic outbreak across the Midwest and Northeast will ease by week’s end, as mild Pacific air overspreads the country from west to east. By Saturday, significantly above-normal temperatures will extend as [Read More…]
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The importance of selecting a Roundup branded glyphosate
Weed control is crucial to maximizing yields and improving the bottom line. Selecting the right herbicide to get the job done is equally as important. In this Managing for Profit, Matt Muckerman talks about the [Read More…]
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Ethanol industry is struggling
Ethanol producers are facing a period of prolonged breakeven or negative margins the likes of which they haven’t seen in many years. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association president Bill Howell, general manager of the POET ethanol [Read More…]
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Three Iraqi refugees arrested in foiled German terror plot: Authorities
PT_Fotografi/iStock(BERLIN) — In the early morning hours of Wednesday, three Iraqi citizens living in a village in northwestern Germany were arrested on suspicion of preparing a bomb for a planned an “Islamist-motivated terror attack.” Three [Read More…]
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Lincoln’s new SUVs could put it back in the luxury game with American drivers
Morgan Korn/ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Lincoln Motor Company had a surprise for the automotive journalists waiting inside the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge last month. Hidden behind closed doors at the trendy new hotel in [Read More…]
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Venezuela’s Maduro tells Russian media he’s ready to negotiate with opposition
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s embattled president, told Russian state media he’s ready to negotiate with the country’s opposition and claimed he’s in talks to set up international mediation to help resolve the [Read More…]
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Illinois Pork Producers install new president
The Illinois Pork Producers Association is under new leadership. Pam Janssen began her duties as President of the Illinois Pork Producers Association on Tuesday at the IPPA annual meeting and pork expo. “Our vision at [Read More…]
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Endangered species
The Endangered Species Act recently turned 45 years old. I learned during a couple of PBS documentaries about a few species on our planet that have been rescued because of this legislation. I’m glad to see [Read More…]
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Brutal, bone-chilling cold moving into Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Colleges have cancelled classes and even the U.S. Postal Service has suspended deliveries in parts of the northern U.S. as wind chills of minus 60 and below have officials warning of [Read More…]
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How a high school student ‘stumbled upon’ Apple’s FaceTime bug
bombuscreative/iStock(NEW YORK) — Grant Thompson was trying to get some friends together to play video games one Saturday when he discovered an alarming glitch in Apple’s popular FaceTime application. “I stumbled upon this glitch that [Read More…]
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New hate crime charges filed against Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect
Kuzma/iStock(PITTSBURGH) — A federal grand jury added new hate crime charges on Tuesday in a new superseding indictment against Robert Bowers, who allegedly killed 11 Jewish worshipers in an anti-Semitic attack in Pittsburgh last October. [Read More…]
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Search underway for man caught on video punching two women at food cart
Los Angeles Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — An alleged argument over a hot dog devolved into a violent confrontation on the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday. Now, police are sharing video of the viral incident [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Chill Warning issued January 30 at 2:23AM MST until January 30 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…LIFE-THREATENING COLD THROUGH TONIGHT… Life-threatening wind chill values are expected with readings as cold as 40 to 60 below zero through midday, and 35 below zero or colder through Wednesday night. …WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 30 at 2:23AM MST until January 31 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…LIFE-THREATENING COLD THROUGH TONIGHT… Life-threatening wind chill values are expected with readings as cold as 40 to 60 below zero through midday, and 35 below zero or colder through Wednesday night. …WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS [Read More…]
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Coldest temperatures in decades expected in Midwest
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Major cities including Chicago and Minneapolis, already covered in snow, may come to a standstill as brutally cold temperatures hit. It’s technically summer in Antarctica, and it’s warmer there this week [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Warning issued January 29 at 5:26PM MST until January 30 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…LIFE-THREATENING COLD THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT… Life-threatening wind chill values are expected with readings as cold as 40 to 60 below zero tonight into midday Wednesday, and 35 below zero or colder through Wednesday night. Also [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 29 at 5:26PM MST until January 31 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…LIFE-THREATENING COLD THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT… Life-threatening wind chill values are expected with readings as cold as 40 to 60 below zero tonight into midday Wednesday, and 35 below zero or colder through Wednesday night. Also [Read More…]
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Pregnant Lyft driver’s fatal stabbing reignites driver safety concerns
David Tran/iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Police charged a Lyft passenger with fatally stabbing his pregnant driver in Arizona, renewing the conversation about driver and passenger safety related to ride-sharing companies. Police charged 20-year-old Fabian Durazo with [Read More…]
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In break with past policy, US tells first asylum seeker to wait in Mexico
Sherry Smith/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — The U.S. has turned back its first asylum seeker from the southern border, as part of the Trump administration’s new policy requiring people to wait in Mexico for their cases to [Read More…]
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USMEF official says changes will help China deal with ASF
A meat science expert says the African Swine Fever outbreak in China will require changes for most of their producers. Dr. Travis Arp with the U.S. Meat Export Federation tells Brownfield, “Really, it’s going to [Read More…]