Month: February 2023
Ag News
South Dakota Senate vetoes foreign ag land panel
The South Dakota Senate killed a bill requiring panel investigations and the governor’s approval for foreign ag land purchases. South Dakota Farm Bureau President Scott VanderWal says he is glad, because there were issues with [Read More…]
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RFA continues push for year-round E15
Ethanol groups continue to call on the Environmental Protection Agency to allow year-round sales of E15. Scott Richman is the chief economist for the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). “It’s really an obsolete and antiquated set [Read More…]
Ag News
The economic importance of secondary and micronutrients: Boron, Zinc and Iron.
Farmers should not skip out on micronutrients because they are an essential part of the nutrient package for crops. In this Managing for Profit an agronomist discusses why boron, zinc and iron should be included [Read More…]
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Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 23 at 10:44AM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY… Widespread blowing snow has ended across the area. However, significant drifting in rural areas may continue into late afternoon which could result in drifts across roads. Use [Read More…]
ABC National News
Power outages top one million as 25 states face monster winter storm
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Power outages have topped one million throughout the U.S. as 25 states from California to Connecticut are on alert for blizzard conditions, heavy snow, strong winds and ice. The vast [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: Residents confront officials as Norfolk Southern announces new cleanup plan
Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Residents of an Ohio village upended by a hazardous train derailment confronted officials about their health and safety concerns on Wednesday night. “I don’t feel safe [Read More…]
Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 23 at 8:47AM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Little or no additional accumulation. Conditions will continue to improve through the morning but significant drifting is still likely in rural areas. * [Read More…]
ABC Business News
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces four new charges
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces four additional criminal charges of conspiracy contained in a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday. The new charges include conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy [Read More…]
ABC Business News
One year in, how pro-Russia online campaigns evolved
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a new report by the social media company Meta details the evolution of pro-Russian influence campaigns online. The report describes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Mean Girls’ want that green: Cast reunion reportedly in jeopardy after “disrespectful” salary offer
Photo by CBS via Getty Images The Plastics want that cash. The main cast members of Mean Girls were supposed to return for a Paramount+-bound adaptation of the Broadway musical version of the hit, but [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘DWTS’ star Emma Slater files for divorce from Sasha Farber after four years of marriage
ABC Dancing with the Stars‘ Emma Slater and Saha Farber are ending their four-year marriage. Slater filed for divorce from Farber on Tuesday, citing “irreconcilable differences,” according to court documents obtained by Us magazine. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Whoopi heads to ‘The Conners’, and more
Whoopi Goldberg will guest-star in an upcoming episode of The Conners, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The actress and The View co-host will reportedly play Ms. Glen, the intimidating music teacher of Ames McNamara‘s character [Read More…]
Ag News
German farmer says small farms are disappearing because of EU climate policy
A farmer from Germany says climate regulations from the European Union are forcing some farmers out of business. Speaking through a translator, 69-year-old Arnold Loermann says it’s becoming harder for mid-sized family farms to survive. [Read More…]
Ag News
Finalists named in U.S. Championship Cheese Contest
The U.S. Champion Cheese Contest is on its final day. The overall champion will be named Thursday afternoon in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A team of 42 judges evaluated 2,249 entries in many classes for the [Read More…]
Ag News
Proposition 12 decision could come soon
The pork industry is awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision on Proposition 12, a measure requiring livestock to be raised under strict production practices. Sweet Springs, Missouri hog farmer and the newly elected president of the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine’s surprising resistance and the rise of its unlikely wartime hero
Presidency of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As tens of thousands of invading Russian troops and tanks thundered across his nation’s border in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received an offer [Read More…]
ABC World News
After a year, is the US strategy to help Ukraine win or force a stalemate?
U.S. Marines (NEW YORK) — One year ago, with Ukraine’s borders surrounded by what seemed to be a superior military force, many U.S. officials and analysts predicted a swift Russian blitz to Kyiv. But after [Read More…]
ABC World News
How the Russia-Ukraine conflict became a cultural war
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — In the basement of the Syayvo book store in Kyiv, hundreds of Russian language books stand piled, waiting to be pulped. The books — ranging from everything between the classics [Read More…]