Month: March 2023

John Deere production systems specialist for hay and forage Julia Romagnoli covers eastern Canada with a focus on dairy and livestock. She tells Brownfield Harvest Lab 3000 with Manure Sensing is a precision ag tool [Read More…]

A wide-contrast of temps across the Heartland; active pattern to briefly wind-down

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures in the East, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover areas along and west of a line from Texas to Wisconsin. Meanwhile, above-normal [Read More…]

Illinois agronomist wouldn’t bet on much planting progress

An agronomist who covers west-central Illinois suggests planters are few and far between. Matt Montgomery is with Pioneer. “If you drove through my area, I probably could put money on the table and bet you [Read More…]

A widespread severe weather event expected Friday across Midwest Corn Belt, southward

For Friday, multiple areas—mainly in the Mississippi Valley as far north as Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri—are bracing for the possibility of severe thunderstorms, including damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes. Meanwhile, wintry precipitation—snow and [Read More…]

Winter Weather Advisory issued March 31 at 8:17AM MDT until March 31 at 3:00PM MDT by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed precipitation [Read More…]

Blizzard Warning issued March 31 at 8:17AM MDT until April 01 at 3:00AM MDT by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed precipitation [Read More…]

‘Kick Russia out of the UN’: Group prepares legal challenge as Russia gets set to take UN Security Council presidency

Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Russian Federation will on April 1 take over the presidency of the U.N. Security Council, a shift in power that may seem extraordinary amid the war [Read More…]

Trump live updates: Former president was ‘shocked’ by indictment, lawyer says

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday, becoming the first former president to face criminal charges. It was not immediately clear what [Read More…]

Authorities share update on person of interest after Michigan mom-of-8 vanished

FBI (PORTAGE, Mich.) — Local and federal authorities are sharing an update on a person of interest in the case of a Michigan mom-of-eight who disappeared in December after she was last known to be [Read More…]

Queer and trans youth plan march in the streets in 49 states amid anti-LGBTQ attacks

Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several months after Samira, a 16-year-old Florida transgender girl, began taking gender-affirming hormones, the Florida medical board’s ban on transgender youth healthcare stopped her in her tracks. “The day [Read More…]

‘Tetris’ director Jon S. Baird dishes on the surprising origins of the game

Apple TV+ The addictive 80s video game Tetris is now a movie, debuting Friday on Apple TV+. It’s not a game about playing Tetris, though, it’s the based on a true story depiction of how it went from a [Read More…]

Winter Weather Advisory issued March 31 at 2:26AM MDT until March 31 at 3:00PM MDT by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed precipitation [Read More…]

Blizzard Warning issued March 31 at 2:26AM MDT until April 01 at 3:00AM MDT by NWS

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed precipitation [Read More…]

Winter Weather Advisory issued March 30 at 10:09PM MDT until March 31 at 3:00PM MDT by NWS

March 30, 2023 J.P. Skelly

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed [Read More…]

Blizzard Warning issued March 30 at 10:09PM MDT until April 01 at 3:00AM MDT by NWS

March 30, 2023 J.P. Skelly

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CDT FRIDAY… …BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather Advisory, mixed [Read More…]

Trump live updates: Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment [Read More…]

Two New Orleans teenagers say they proved the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem

St. Mary’s Academy (NEW ORLEANS) — Two Black teenage girls from New Orleans say they could be the first mathematicians in at least 2,000 years to find trigonometric proof for the Pythagorean Theorem. “After we [Read More…]

Trump becomes 1st current or former president to be indicted: Sources

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump, making him the first current or former president to face criminal charges. It’s not immediately clear what the indictment was [Read More…]

Navy veteran freed after 13 years in Mexican prison for murder he didn’t commit

Courtesy of Jon Franks (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Mexico for more than 13 years for a crime he did not commit is now a free man after a judge overturned [Read More…]

Why semi-automatic rifles like those used in the Nashville shooting can cause so much damage