Year: 2019
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More success with no-till and cover crops in Illinois
Another Illinois farmer is seeing the benefits of no-till and cover crop practices on his farm after transitioning just a few years ago. “We’ve seen that, boy, this is a whole lot better! When those [Read More…]
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Hoosier farmers identify key priorities for 2019
Trade, ethanol, and farm policy are top priorities for Hoosier corn and soybean growers in 2019. The Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana Corn Growers Association assembled a group of grassroots farmers to identify critical issues. [Read More…]
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PMCI changes name to Fuel Iowa to include biofuels
The Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa (PMCI) has changed its name to Fuel Iowa. Eastern Iowa farmer David Walton says the name change reflects a modernization of the fuel supply in Iowa. “Iowa [Read More…]
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Year-round E15 approval continues to be a concern as shutdown continues
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says she is hopeful the government shutdown will be resolved soon and the EPA’s rulemaking process for year-round E15 will be finished in time for the summer driving season. “Mr. [Read More…]
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Flights delayed in New York and Florida due to air traffic control absences, ground stop at LaGuardia Airport: FAA
Jevgenij Kulikov/iStock(NEW YORK) — A ground stop at LaGuardia Airport and widespread flight delays in New York and Florida airports Friday were due to air traffic controller absences, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The current [Read More…]
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Arizona governor Doug Ducey slams Hacienda HealthCare, where vegetative patient was impregnated
Credit: Office of Governor Doug Ducey(PHOENIX) — The governor of Arizona weighed in on the case in which a nurse at a Phoenix health care facility was arrested after a patient who is in a [Read More…]
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Massive sinkhole opens at apartment complex in Orange County, California
Chaiyaporn1144/iStock(LA HABRA, Calif.) — Authorities in Orange County, California are investigating what caused a massive sinkhole in an apartment complex in La Habra. “This is like a shocker to me,” Jesus Leon, who lives in [Read More…]
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Research proving less nitrogen is often better
Nitrogen recommendations are being lowered in many cases. Brad Carlson is an extension crops educator with the University of Minnesota. “Our nitrogen recommendations are not an average, they actually encompass most situations. And in most [Read More…]
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Approval of Illinois hemp regulations expected by 2019 growing season
Photo Credit: IL Department of Ag The Illinois Department of Agriculture expects the state’s proposed industrial hemp regulations, released last month, to be complete in time for the 2019 growing season. “The typical planting season [Read More…]
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Ross tempers expectations for end to trade war
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is tempering expectations for an end to the trade war when U.S. and Chinese officials meet in Washington in a few days. During a CNBC interview Thursday, Ross said, “we’re miles [Read More…]
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More delayed USDA reports
The partial government shutdown continues to restrict the availability of reports from several USDA agencies. According to the American Farm Bureau, since the shutdown started on December 22nd, 62 USDA reports from the affected agencies [Read More…]
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Scientist is frustrated by proposed animal gene editing regulations
Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam A leading animal scientist says she’s frustrated by the federal government’s proposed regulation of gene editing in livestock. University of California-Davis animal geneticist Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam says livestock gene editing [Read More…]
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Harvey Weinstein gets approval to use Casey Anthony’s lawyer Jose Baez
Raymond Hall/GC Images(NEW YORK) — The Harvey Weinstein legal drama is entering a new chapter as the disgraced movie mogul is now working with a new lawyer. Weinstein, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the [Read More…]
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Florida SunTrust Bank shooting victims, from a mother of 7 to a newlywed
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SEBRING, Fla.) — Among the five people gunned down in a Florida bank were a mother of seven and a woman married for less than one month. The five victims — all women [Read More…]
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Flights delayed in New York and Florida due to air traffic control absences: FAA
Jevgenij Kulikov/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed on Friday that there is a ground stop at LaGuardia Airport and that flights are delayed in New York and Florida airports due to air traffic [Read More…]
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Women need to network differently than men to succeed, study finds
Tinpixels/iStock(NEW YORK) — Women who want to excel at their jobs and break the glass ceiling have to go one step further than men when it comes to networking, a new study found. Women who [Read More…]
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Berlin police confiscate paintings said to be by Hitler on forgery suspicion
cbies/iStock(BERLIN) — Three watercolors said to be painted by Adolf Hitler were set to go up for auction in Berlin at the Kloss Auction House on Thursday. But in a turn of events, Berlin police [Read More…]
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British explorer’s remains found nearly 200 years later under London train station
Imagno/Getty Images(LONDON) — The excavation of a centuries-old cemetery beneath a London train station has led to an exciting discovery: a long-lost British explorer. The remains of British explorer Matthew Flinders, who led the first [Read More…]
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Prepping for the spring
Farmers typically begin planning for next year before harvest is done. With margins expected to remain tight, an extension crops educator says what’s already planned should be reviewed and what needs to be planned deserves [Read More…]
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Federal workers miss second paychecks as shutdown continues
wildpixel/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The lead transportation security officer at Baltimore’s biggest airport is having a hard time explaining to his 10-year-old daughter why he had to pull her out of her cheerleading program: He hasn’t been [Read More…]