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Missouri grower has “garden conditions”
A Missouri grower says his early planted corn is now four to five feet tall. Kyle Kirby has 80% of his soybeans planted and says all his crops, including wheat, are looking good, telling Brownfield [Read More…]
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Crop development varies widely across northern Iowa
One region of the Midwest where crop development probably varies the most is north-central Iowa. Phil Long, an agronomist with Latham Hi-Tech Seeds, says rain has severely limited planting north of Ames towards southern Minnesota. [Read More…]
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MPP deadline is June 1st
Dairy farmers have until Friday to begin the process of enrolling in the updated Margin Protection Program. Minnesota Farm Service Agency executive director Joe Martin tells Brownfield producers who can’t make it into their local [Read More…]
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Prosecutor rebukes former Missouri governor then drops felony case against him
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A day after Eric Greitens resigned as governor of Missouri, a prosecutor blasted his “dangerous and false rhetoric against the criminal justice system” before [Read More…]
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Roseanne blames Ambien for racist tweet, blasts cast members who threw ‘me under the bus’
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After issuing an apology, Roseanne Barr overnight slammed some of her former co-stars and retweeted defenses of her racist comments that prompted ABC to cancel her hit TV series. Barr [Read More…]
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Grassley-Conaway spat continues
The public spat over farm payment limitations continues between Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and House Ag Committee chair Mike Conaway. Grassley and Conaway traded verbal jabs last week over the lack of farm payment reforms in the [Read More…]
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Russian opposition journalist shot dead at home in Kiev; Kremlin denies involvement
iStock/Thinkstock(KIEV, Ukraine) — A well-known Russian journalist who fled his home country last year amid a campaign of intimidation was shot and killed at his apartment building Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Arkady Babchenko [Read More…]
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Belgium gunman allegedly killed man the night before Liege cop slayings
ABC News(LIEGE, Belgium) — The man who killed two policewomen and a civilian in the Belgian city of Liege Tuesday morning is now believed to have killed a man the night before, authorities said. Benjamin [Read More…]
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Feeding dairy cattle in a tight margin environment
Animal science professor Mike Hutjens at the University of Illinois says benchmarking tools are available as dairy producers look at forage and their bottom line. Continue reading Feeding dairy cattle in a [Read More…]
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Tesla on Autopilot crashes into parked police car
Laguna Beach PD(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — A Tesla driver in California was driving in Autopilot mode when the car slammed into a parked police car, adding to a fast-growing list of recent autopilot-involved accidents. The [Read More…]
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Former USC gynecologist may have assaulted as many as 52 women: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — At least 52 women have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against a former campus doctor at the University of Southern California, police said Tuesday. The former patients of Dr. George [Read More…]
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Group smashes glitzy Rodeo Drive storefront, steals designer clothes in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills Police Department(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) — Police are looking for at least a dozen thieves who drove up to a pricey storefront in Beverly Hills, California, and bashed in the windows before making off [Read More…]
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Why is today celebrated as Moms Equal Pay Day?
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Today marks Moms Equal Pay Day. Why is there a day focused just on mothers and equal pay? Because today, around 150 days into 2018, marks how far into the year the [Read More…]
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New Hampshire teen charged with helping roommate commit suicide
WMUR(PLYMOUTH, N.H) — A New Hampshire teenager was charged with aiding a suicide on Tuesday after his roommate was found dead in a wooded area near their apartment. Parker Hogan, 19, pleaded not guilty to [Read More…]
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Canadian who helped Russians hack half a billion Yahoo accounts get 5 years in jail
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — A 23-year-old Canadian who conspired with Russians to hack half a billion Yahoo accounts has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine that encompasses all of [Read More…]
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How being prepared for hurricane season starts with solar power in one Puerto Rico town
Joshua Hoyos/ABC News(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Angel Colon’s memory of what happened on Sept. 20, 2017 is still fresh in his mind. Standing on the rooftop of a one-story community building, he describes what [Read More…]
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Police arrest teen mom after her 11-month-old is found dead in a plastic bag
WSOC-TV(CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C.) — A 19-year-old mother was arrested in South Carolina after claiming her 11-month-old had been ripped from her arms by a kidnapper and police later found the child dead in a plastic [Read More…]
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Iowa celebrates 5th anniversary of Nutrient Reduction Strategy
Iowa is celebrating the 5th anniversary of the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy. At a celebration event near Boone on Tuesday, Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig said he’s been very encouraged by the engagement across the [Read More…]
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Nebraska corn rated 83% good-excellent
Nebraska’s corn crop is off to a great start. The first official rating of the season puts the crop at 83 percent good to excellent, 16 percent fair and only one percent poor. Eighty-one percent [Read More…]
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Iowa crops now slightly ahead of normal
The latest crop progress report for Iowa shows the corn and soybean crops are, on average, slightly ahead of normal–despite planting challenges in northern areas of the state. Statewide, as of Sunday, 96 percent of [Read More…]