Month: May 2022
CONAB ups corn, soybean outlooks slightly
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has raised its’ outlook for that nation’s corn and soybean crops. CONAB says 95% of Brazil’s soybean crop is harvested, putting production at 123.83 million tons, up 1.1% from April, [Read More…]
The benefit of innovation and collaboration to farmers
Fostering innovation and collaboration in the ag industry leads to enhanced value for stakeholders. In this Managing for Profit, UPL’s Natalie Hummel talks about how the OpenAg platform advances new technologies to make them available [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin reacts to Finland seeking NATO membership
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Crew safe after fighter jet slides off South Dakota runway
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The crew of a South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 fighter jet that slid off the runway while landing at a Sioux Falls airport Wednesday afternoon is safe, authorities said. [Read More…]
Rural home sales in South Dakota heat up
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Real estate agents says the hot housing market in South Dakota’s larger cities has spilled over to the state’s more rural areas. While the competition is the highest in Sioux [Read More…]
Helen Mirren explains whacky legal argument at the center ‘The Duke’
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics In the new film The Duke, Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent star as Dorothy and Kempton Bunton, a real-life husband and wife involved in a famous art theft in London in the 1960s. Mirren tells ABC Audio that [Read More…]
Five myths about abortion debunked as Supreme Court decides future of Roe v. Wade
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide, advocates and opponents of abortion rights have argued over how safe abortion is, how it’s performed and even where the public stands on [Read More…]
Experts wonder why one million COVID deaths became normalized
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck the United States, the idea of one million deaths from the virus seemed largely unimaginable — with most projections estimating a few hundred [Read More…]
Dr. Jennifer Ashton on how she’s coping with her own COVID-19 hair loss
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic over two years ago, people have reported lingering effects of COVID-19, including hair loss. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a board-certified OBGYN and ABC News’ [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 5/11/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 4, Seattle 2 Atlanta 5, Boston 3 St. Louis 10, Baltimore 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 5, Toronto [Read More…]
‘Unthinkable tragedy’: US COVID-19 death toll surpasses one million
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — What was once unthinkable — is now a reality. One million Americans have now died from the coronavirus, according to an announcement made Thursday by President Joe Biden, marking a [Read More…]
Coastal Fire prompts evacuations, several homes ablaze in Southern California
Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several homes were destroyed in Southern California Wednesday night as the Coastal Fire continued to spread. At least 20 homes were burned down in [Read More…]
Finland to apply to NATO ‘without delay,’ as Sweden mulls stance
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (HELSINKI) — Finland’s leaders on Thursday said the country would apply to join NATO “without delay.” “Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said [Read More…]
Millions of lives at risk as famine stalks Horn of Africa
Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In northern Kenya’s drought-stricken Turkana County, a group of children carried sacks of palm fruit atop their heads as they walked across the parched earth back [Read More…]
Dallas police investigating shooting of 3 Korean women at hair salon
kali9/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Three women in Dallas were shot Wednesday afternoon after a suspect opened fire at a hair salon located in the city’s Koreatown, a historically Asian district. The women suffered nonfatal injuries [Read More…]
San Jose City Council unanimously votes to ban ghost guns in the city
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — The San Jose City Council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that would ban so-called ghost guns in the city. The ordinance prohibits the [Read More…]
Michigan school board rejects state attorney general’s 2nd offer to investigate shooting
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (OXFORD, Mich.) — Oxford Community Schools rejected a second offer from the Michigan attorney general’s office to investigate a school shooting in November. The school board said it will launch a [Read More…]
Disney+ passes 137 million subscriber mark
“Moon Knight” — Marvel Studios/Disney+ While Netflix’s hemorrhaging 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year had some in the industry thinking streaming might have some headwinds ahead, now comes news that Disney+ [Read More…]
Alexandra Daddario supports casting of Leah Jeffries in the new Disney+ ‘Percy Jackson’ series
Theo Wargo/Getty Images Actress Alexandra Daddario, who played the role of Annabeth Chase — daughter of the Greek goddess Athena — in the two Percy Jackson films The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters, gave [Read More…]
Bradley Cooper turns to monsters in season 3 of the Apple TV+ kids show ‘Helpsters’
Apple TV+ Bradley Cooper — movie star, director and father of five-year-old daughter Lea — is about to get some serious dad cred. Cooper will be one of the guest stars of the third season [Read More…]
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