Month: January 2024

American Farmland Trust has developed a guidebook for farmers and their advisors to compare carbon market programs. Water Initiatives Director Michelle Perez tells Brownfield reduced tillage, cover crops, and nutrient management are the most incentivized [Read More…]

Ag News

Approaching crop insurance

An insurance specialist suggests some farmers are approaching crop insurance differently. Nellie Urban with Farm Credit Services of America tells Brownfield, “In the last few years, we’ve seen more producers looking at how their risk [Read More…]

Ag News

LoamBio launches microbial product and carbon market program in Upper Midwest

Soybean growers in the Upper Midwest have an opportunity to capitalize on a new carbon market. Jake Olson with Australian biologicals company LoamBio says they are launching a microbial technology called CarbonBuilder that increases stable [Read More…]

Ag News

Lawmakers start working on budget

Congress is working out the details of a new budget after an agreement was reached on a $1.6 trillion funding limit over the weekend and an agricultural lobbyist says the work will take priority over [Read More…]

South Dakota Supreme Court signals caution in conflict of interest case

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — The South Dakota Supreme Court might soon offer clarity on what it means for a lawmaker to have a conflict of interest on state contracts. Or it won’t. On [Read More…]

Hundreds of CO2 pipeline critics converge on Capitol ahead of legislative session

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — About 200 landowners braved the winter weather Monday to descend on the state Capitol and demand greater property rights protection and local control in the face of a proposed [Read More…]

South Dakota Boys High School Basketball Media Poll – January 8

The South Dakota Prep Media boys basketball polls for the week of Jan. 8 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated [Read More…]

South Dakota Girls High School Basketball Media Poll – January 8

The South Dakota Prep Media girls basketball polls for the week of Jan. 8 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated [Read More…]

Timeline: How incident involving a missing door plug on a Boeing 737 Max 9 unfolded

NTSB via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The defective door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane that forced an emergency landing as a door-sized hole opened up in the plane mid-flight is just the latest [Read More…]

1st US commercial moon landing mission in jeopardy after ‘critical’ fuel leak

CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A company’s attempt to make the first commercial moon landing is in jeopardy after the spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak on Monday. The Peregrine lunar lander, [Read More…]

United finds loose bolts on 737 Max 9 planes in wake of Alaska Airlines door plug incident

Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United Airlines said Monday that it has found loose bolts during inspections of its 737 Max 9 fleet in the wake of a door plug getting blown out of [Read More…]

Experts break down what the Constitution, framers said about ‘presidential immunity’

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s a key question in a case that could not only set constitutional precedent but also have major consequences in the 2024 election: What is “presidential immunity” and how, if [Read More…]

Florida GOP chair removed amid rape allegation he denies: Source

Tetra Images/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Christian Ziegler, who is facing a rape allegation that he denies, on Monday was voted out as the Florida Republican Party chair during a closed-door meeting in Tallahassee, a [Read More…]

DeSantis swipes at Trump’s Civil War comments, says he won’t drop out and endorse

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (GRIMES, Iowa) — In a new interview with ABC News, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis swiped at former President Donald Trump’s suggestion that an end to the Civil War could have been negotiated [Read More…]

Screen time for kids under two linked to sensory differences in toddlerhood, study finds

Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. Children who watched any television or [Read More…]

Fast food workers in California to earn $20 an hour. What does it mean for workers nationwide?

MJHollinshead/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Fast food workers defied skeptics roughly a decade ago with the “Fight for $15,” a campaign demanding an industry-wide pay floor at more than double the federal minimum wage. That [Read More…]

Jodie Foster can’t even with Gen Z workers