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Wishing doesn’t make it so
When it comes to rife media and talking head speculation that China and the U.S. will continue their tariff wars indefinitely, that NAFTA 2.0 will succumb to an 11th-hour breakdown, that House and Senate conferees [Read More…]

A missing diver who spent an entire night lost at sea had the ‘will to survive,’ officials say
FWC(HUDSON, Fla.) — After hours of searching the waters off the coast of Florida, rescuers on Thursday found a missing diver who they said had spent an entire night alone, lost at sea, but said [Read More…]

Bear attacks 10-year-old boy in Yellowstone National Park
iStock/Thinkstock(YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.) — A bear attacked and injured a 10-year-old boy who was hiking with his family along a trail in Yellowstone National Park on Thursday morning. The unidentified family of four from [Read More…]

USDA trade aid details coming Monday
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says details of the $12 billion-dollar trade relief package will be released Monday. During a trip to upstate New York Thursday, Perdue said the plan to help farmers hurt by [Read More…]

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Protecting yields against yield robbing pests
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MO Cattlemen’s wants more CRP counties for drought relief
The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association wants producers to have access to even more CRP lands as the drought continues in Missouri. Mike Deering tells Brownfield the Farm Service Agency’s release of CRP land in certain counties [Read More…]

Iowa counties are approved for emergency CRP haying and grazing
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Amanda De Jong today says 22 Iowa Counties are authorized for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres until September 30th, the end [Read More…]

Chicago man arrested for threatening conference where Sessions said ‘Lock her up’
Cook County Sheriff’s Office(CHICAGO) — A Chicago-area man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to “shoot” and “blow up” the conference of conservative high school students held in Washington last month that grabbed headlines when [Read More…]

Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, Big Island has already seen over 31 inches of rain
Mario Tama/Getty Images(HONOLULU) — As Hurricane Lane lurches north, the Category 3 storm has already dumped more than 31 inches of rain on Hawaii’s Big Island, bringing catastrophic flooding. The life-threatening flooding could even lead [Read More…]

Using Satellite Imagery to amp up your scouting game
Scouting crops is one of the most effective ways farmers can manage and control problems in the field. And while nothing will replace the accuracy of walking each field, Cassie Misch with Encirca Services by [Read More…]

Mother says call to authorities ‘should have never gotten that far’ after letting her 8-year-old daughter walk alone
GMA/ABC News(WILMETTE, Ill.) — A mother in Illinois said she felt “shock, anger and fear” after being investigated by state child services when a neighbor called authorities to report her 8-year-old daughter walking the family [Read More…]

Don’t take it for granted’: Family who lost home in Hurricane Harvey reflects 1 year later
Janet Weinstein/ABC News(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — On the same South Texas beach pummeled by Hurricane Harvey this time last year, the Weeks family stretched out in the sand. Daughter Annabella, now 6, built sand castles [Read More…]

Family staged ‘escape room-style kidnapping’ hoax in Washington park: Authorities
iStock/Thinkstock(OLYMPIA, Wash.) — When witnesses told authorities they saw several men in white plastic jumpsuits grab and restrain three children in an Olympia park and put them in the back of a red truck, they [Read More…]

Extreme flooding reported as Hurricane Lane nears Hawaii
ABC News(HONOLULU) — Parts of Hawaii’s Big Island have already reported receiving more than 2 feet of rain as Hurricane Lane lurches northward at about 6 mph. The biggest threat from the Category 3 hurricane [Read More…]

Man who allegedly fired gun at New York City high-rise turns himself in
Google(NEW YORK) — A 22-year-old man accused of firing a handgun at a high-rise building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has turned himself in to police. Farris Koroma has been charged with two counts each [Read More…]

State attorney general contacts Chicago Archdiocese after 7 priests in Pennsylvania report connected to Illinois
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — With “at least seven priests with connections to Illinois” identified in the recent grand jury report in Pennsylvania that revealed more than 300 priests allegedly assaulted more than 1,000 children, the [Read More…]

Bayer AG CEO says they will fight glyphosate lawsuits
The CEO of Bayer AG, which now includes Monsanto, says they will continue to defend glyphosate herbicide. Werner Baumann says they believe the California jury verdict, that glyphosate use was the cause of a former [Read More…]

Monster Hurricane Lane pummeling Hawaii with torrential rains, winds
(HONOLULU) — Hurricane Lane is bearing down on Hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain on the Big Island and lashing the state with rough winds. The Category 3 storm may bring over 30 [Read More…]

Viral #TipTheBill challenge helps servers make ends meet
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — #TipTheBill is the latest challenge to explode on social media, and is showing how generosity and kindness can be contagious, as well as helping some lucky servers make ends meet. The origins [Read More…]