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South Dakota corn planting behind
Corn planting reached 66 percent as of Sunday in South Dakota, well behind last year and the average. Soybean planting in South Dakota is 24 percent complete, way behind last year and the average. Emergence [Read More…]

CME dairy markets down Wednesday
The dairy markets were down Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three May milk was unchanged at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 to $15.75. July was down $.01 to $16.45. August was [Read More…]

Decoration Day
Commentary. Spring was just a blip on the screen following the winter-that-would-never-end. My lilacs were in full bloom for about 2 minutes before they faded and folded and disappeared. Summer is in a very big [Read More…]

Separating fact from fiction as White House considers RFS changes
Seven White House meetings to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard in recent months have ethanol groups working hard to separate fact from fiction. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says speculation follows every gathering between the [Read More…]

Scientists search for proof of Loch Ness monster
Keystone/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A group of scientists from New Zealand have decided to embark on a journey to solve one of the world’s most elusive mysteries: the Loch Ness monster. The Loch Ness monster, [Read More…]

Michigan statewide candidate forum
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground for a statewide candidate forum hosted by Michigan Farm Bureau on August, 15 in Lansing, MI. Continue reading Michigan statewide candidate forum at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]

Warm weather expands across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are overspreading the upper Midwest, where corn and soybean planting has advanced quickly in recent days but remains mostly behind schedule. On May 20, corn planting was [Read More…]

Illinois corn planting winding down
Illinois corn planting is winding down and farmers made good progress last week with soybean planting and hay cutting. Temperatures and rain were above normal. The Illinois USDA NASS office says corn planted was at 96 [Read More…]

Summer-like pattern across the Heartland
A low-pressure system over the western Caribbean Sea will drift northward, possibly acquiring tropical or subtropical characteristics. Regardless of development, an extremely wet weather pattern will persist in parts of the Southeast, where 5-day rainfall [Read More…]

What’s in a beef label?
What do labels on beef mean about how cattle are raised? Mandy Carr with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says almost all cattle are raised on pasture, but there are some differences which can be [Read More…]

Volunteers help dog make 2,000-mile trek back home
Darrah Bull Bully Rescue(PHOENIX) — One lucky dog who wound up on the other side of the country was returned to his rightful home thanks to a group of 20 volunteers. Jake, a 7-year-old Coonhound, [Read More…]

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg heads to Paris to meet French president after fending off EU lawmakers
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(PARIS) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris today, after fielding tough questions Tuesday from European Union lawmakers in Brussels. Zuckerberg has [Read More…]

Faculty urge USC president to resign over scandal involving ex-campus gynecologist
Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images, FILE(LOS ANGELES) — Hundreds of faculty members at the University of Southern California have backed a motion for the school’s president to resign over how he handled sexual-abuse allegations levied [Read More…]

First black female astronaut in space offers advice to young girls
Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in outer space, fell in love with science at an early age. Decades later, she’s encouraging girls of all ages and backgrounds to [Read More…]

Blackout not expected in Hawaii even if lava reaches power plant, officials say
Mario Tama/Getty Images(PUNA, Hawaii) — The Puna Geothermal Venture in Hawaii is secure, and if lava did encroach on it the danger of a toxic gas release is “very low,” authorities said. Hawaii Electric Light [Read More…]

China news gives soybeans a bounce
Over the weekend, U.S. and Chinese trade officials announced proposed tariffs were being put on hold. In addition, China said it plans to significantly increase purchases of U.S. goods and services, including energy and [Read More…]

30-year-old ordered to vacate parents’ home claims they harassed him
WSYR(CAMILLUS, N.Y.) — A 30-year-old man court-ordered to vacate his parents’ home on Tuesday said he should be given more time to leave because of how much his parents “harassed” him about moving out. Michael [Read More…]

No one dies as jet skids off runway in Honduras
iStock/Thinkstock(TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras) — All six people aboard a jet that crashed off a Honduras runway and nearly broke in half have survived. Five Americans — four passengers and a crew member — and a Venezuelan [Read More…]

About 14,500 in Puerto Rico still don’t have power
Jose Jimenez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sunday marked eight months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and about 14,500 people there still don’t have electricity. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority said that number represents less than [Read More…]

School bus driver in deadly New Jersey crash had 14 license suspensions: DMV spokesperson
iStock/Thinkstock(PARAMUS) — The driver of the school bus involved in a deadly highway crash in New Jersey last week had a lengthy history of license suspensions and moving violations, according to a New Jersey Motor [Read More…]