Month: June 2025

Rainfall, crop conditions vary along Illinois-Wisconsin line
USDA says most Wisconsin crops remain in good condition after a week of mixed weather conditions. Just over three days were suitable for fieldwork in the week ending Sunday. Mike Berget raises corn and soybeans [Read More…]

Justice Department charges 4 North Koreans with posing as IT workers to steal US companies’ money
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday charged four North Koreans in a brazen scam to pose as IT workers with stolen credentials and use them to get hired by [Read More…]

Musk threatens to primary members of Congress who vote for Trump’s megabill
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, on Monday said he would back challengers to members of Congress who vote for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Musk broke [Read More…]

Trump signs executive order lifting sanctions on Syria
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday lifted U.S. sanctions on Syria, signing an executive order to carry out a promise he made in May. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt [Read More…]

How Trump’s megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill by his July 4 deadline, many are worried about the changes that could be coming to Medicaid. Medicaid is a [Read More…]

Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest have a student-teacher romance in ‘My Oxford Year’ trailer
Netflix Sofia Carson stars in the trailer for her latest Netflix rom-com, My Oxford Year. The film stars Carson as Anna, an ambitious young American woman who moves to England to study at the University [Read More…]

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ begins production with Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and more
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Gird your loins: The Devil Wears Prada sequel begins filming this week. Production on the sequel to the iconic 2006 film starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci has [Read More…]

Minnesota farmer says crops are behind and fields are weedy
A southeast Minnesota farmer is concerned weeds could get a foothold on soybeans. Ben Storm of Dover spoke to Brownfield Monday, the first day he’s been able to apply post-emergence herbicide on beans. “My beans [Read More…]

Good crop conditions in Southern Michigan
A southern Michigan farmer says crops look pretty good and disease pressure has been limited after the slow start to the growing season. Brian Preston tells Brownfield, “I don’t think things are growing as fast [Read More…]

82-year-old woman dies from injuries suffered in Boulder Molotov cocktail attack: Prosecutors
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (BOULDER, Colo.) — An 82-year-old woman hurt in the Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died, prosecutors announced, as they updated an attempted murder charge to a murder charge. Karen Diamond [Read More…]

Department of Justice suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policy
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice is suing the city of Los Angeles over its sanctuary city policy, alleging it interferes with the enforcement of federal immigration laws, officials announced on Monday. [Read More…]

Will Thom Tillis’ opposition to Trump’s megabill win over Senate Republican colleagues?
Al Drago/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — GOP Sen. Thom Tillis was back on Capitol Hill on Monday as Senate Republicans struggled to pass their “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” he opposes — before President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]

Senate races toward final vote on Trump’s megabill after weekend of debate, drama
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate is plowing ahead toward a final vote on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and immigration bill, as Republicans rush to get it across the finish line by July [Read More…]

Climate change is making it harder for us to sleep: Study
Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures, amplified by climate change, are contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, according to a [Read More…]

Congressman Dusty Johnson launches campaign for South Dakota Governor
South Dakota News Watch By Bert Pfankuch U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson formally entered the 2026 race for South Dakota governor Monday, promising to bring a positive leadership style to efforts to strengthen families, better educate [Read More…]

Ryan Gosling is sent to space in ‘Project Hail Mary’ official trailer
Amazon MGM Studios Ryan Gosling is a reluctant space traveler in the official trailer for Project Hail Mary. The Amazon MGM film is based on The New York Times bestselling novel by Andy Weir. It [Read More…]

Taraji P. Henson set to make her Broadway debut in revival of August Wilson play
ABC/Troy Harvey Nearly 30 years into her acting career Taraji P. Henson is set to make her Broadway debut. She’ll be starring alongside Cedric the Entertainer in Debbie Allen‘s production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August [Read More…]

2025 sorghum acres below 2024
U.S. sorghum planted area dipped in 2025. That was at least partially due to a decline in export demand from China due to trade tensions. The USDA says farmers planted 6.2 million acres to grain [Read More…]

Forage Genetics International Alfalfa Tour
Brownfield’s Larry Lee attends the Forage Genetics International Alfalfa Tour The post Forage Genetics International Alfalfa Tour appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Corn Belt farmers shift corn acres
Some farmers in the Corn Belt say they adjusted their corn acres this spring. In Davison, Aurora and Sanborn Counties, South Dakota Chet Edinger says the farm planted more corn acres than intended, due to [Read More…]