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Wisconsin’s ag lemon law hearing uneventful
A public hearing was held Tuesday for the latest bill before Wisconsin state lawmakers that would create a lemon law for agricultural equipment. Senate Bill 8 would create a lemon law covering expensive agricultural equipment [Read More…]
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Stay informed about PFAS
Commentary. Although ag media had been reporting about the impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in agriculture for several years, it was not until Natasha Zouves with News Nation did a series of reports about [Read More…]
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India fires several missiles at ‘terrorist infrastructure’ in Pakistan, India says
(PAKISTAN) — India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani army, which said it has responded from the “air and ground.” The attacks, labeled Operation Sindoor, targeted nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man accused of attempted kidnapping of 2-year-old at Georgia Walmart granted bond
Pool via ABC News (GEORGIA) — A man who has been detained for more than six weeks after being accused of attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Walmart in Georgia was granted bond on Tuesday [Read More…]
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Department of Education tells Harvard no new research grants unless it complies with White House demands
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Escalating an ongoing clash between President Donald Trump’s administration and Harvard University, the Department of Education announced Harvard is ineligible for new research grants unless it agrees with compliance criteria. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump announces US to stop bombing Yemen, says Houthis won’t attack more American ships
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday that the United States would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, insisting that the rebel group had agreed to [Read More…]
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Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military service ban for now
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Aimee Lou Wood praises Walton Goggins, says she won’t appear on his ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode
Fabio Lovino/HBO Aimee Lou Wood has nothing but good things to say about Walton Goggins. The actress, who starred as Chelsea, girlfriend of Goggins’ character Rick, on season 3 of The White Lotus, walked the [Read More…]
Ag News
Direct cash cattle trade develops Tuesday
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mostly modestly higher, with some support from the light direct business during the session. There was periodic pressure from a lower move in the Dow Jones [Read More…]
Ag News
“Workhorse” cover crop cereal rye
An extension crops educator says cover crops have come on strong this spring in the Upper Midwest. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield a dry fall limited growth. “But then in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 6, 2025
Jul. corn closed at $4.55 and 1/2, up 1 and 1/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $10.41 and 1/4, down 4 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $293.00, down $2.50Jul. soybean oil closed at 48.35, [Read More…]
Ag News
AURI looks to create profit opportunities for farmers
A Minnesota non-profit is developing new markets to help improve profitability for farmers. Agricultural Utilization Research Institute executive director Shannon Schlecht says their focus is to add value and support the ag economy in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Wheat up on lower dollar, oversold signals
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Planting and emergence are ahead of average, with generally favorable conditions expected in the next several days. There are some areas of concern, but for now, [Read More…]
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Brookings County fatal crash
A 34 year old man from Hendricks, Minnesota died and another was seriously injured in a head-on crash one mile north of Bushnell Monday afternoon. The South Dakota Department of Public safety reported around 5 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump to headline Kennedy Center fundraiser next month
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON0 — President Donald Trump is set to headline a fundraiser for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts next month, according to an invitation obtained by ABC News, for [Read More…]
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Body found of girl swept away by floodwaters in Texas
KTRK (BRENHAM, Texas) — The body of a 10-year-old girl was found on Tuesday after she was swept away by floodwaters in Texas. The sad end to the search comes as a a storm threat [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge rejects DOJ’s argument against return of deported Venezuelan man to US
Alex Peña/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s argument that a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, should not be returned [Read More…]
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89-year-old man and dog killed in bear attack in Florida: Officials
Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (JEROME, Fla.) — An 89-year-old man and a dog were killed in apparently separate bear attacks near the victim’s home in Florida, officials said. The Collier County [Read More…]
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Town official allegedly shoots lost DoorDash driver looking for directions: Police
WABC (CHESTER, N.Y.) — A New York town official has been arrested for allegedly shooting a DoorDash driver who was lost and trying to get directions, police said. The 24-year-old victim was attempting to deliver [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Carney says Canada ‘not for sale’ after Trump pushes 51st state in Oval Office meeting
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney/ Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday bluntly told President Donald Trump in the Oval Office that Canada is “not for sale” after Trump [Read More…]