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Hard winter wheat tour projects 37 b/a
The final projected yield from the 2018 Hard Winter Wheat Tour of Kansas and surrounding states is 37 bushels per acre. Tour participants estimated total wheat production in Kansas at just over 243 million bushels. [Read More…]

Volkswagen ex-CEO indicted in emissions defeat device scandal
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged with alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States and VW customers in the so-called “defeat device” scheme, the Department of Justice announced [Read More…]

Tequila boom rooted in traditional farming techniques
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A growing thirst for tequila from New York to Tokyo has made the sale of the drink into a multibillion-dollar industry, but its production remains rooted in centuries-old methods of farming using [Read More…]

Alleged hazing attack by high school football team caught on camera
Obtained by ABC News(MOBILE, Ala.) — The parents of a high school freshman are demanding their son’s football coach be fired, saying their son was brutally beaten by members of his own football team in [Read More…]

Biological mother breaks down at sentencing of woman who stole and raised her child: ‘I am your mother, Kamiyah’
ABCNews.com(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.)– The woman accused of kidnapping a baby just hours after birth appeared in a sentencing hearing Thursday morning. Gloria Williams kidnapped Kamiyah Mobley in July 1998, hours after her mother, Shanara Mobley, gave [Read More…]

Marathon runner who received heart transplant meets donor’s parents for first time
Kristin N. Marx(GREENDALE, Wis.) — Seventeen years after the death of their daughter, Pam and Tim Huber got a chance to hear her heartbeat again, thanks to Kristin Marx. Marx met them for the first [Read More…]

Tyson to invest in lab-grown meat maker
Tyson says it’s investing $2.2 million in Future Meat Technologies, a Jerusalem-based biotech company that manufactures meat directly from animal cells, without having to raise or process animals. Tyson is also putting money into other [Read More…]

DuPont/ADM launches plant for potential new market for corn
DuPont and Archer Daniels Midland have begun a first-of-its-kind pilot project to produce a renewable source of FDME at an ADM plant in Decatur, Illinois. “We’ve been working with ADM now for several years to [Read More…]

Cattle futures higher on stronger cash trade
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed sharply higher supported by Thursday’s cash trade and stronger retail prices. Feeder cattle also closed sharply higher – latching on to the momentum from the live cattle [Read More…]

Farm Bureau’s dairy revenue insurance approved
The American Farm Bureau Federation expects to offer dairy farmers a new revenue insurance policy later this summer. AFBF’s market intelligence director John Newton tells Brownfield they’ve partnered with American Farm Bureau Insurance Services [Read More…]

Nutrien Ag Solutions a one-stop-shop for crop farmers
The world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services is launching what it calls a one-stop digital platform to assists growers with everything from agronomic decisions to paying bills. Nutrien, formed at the beginning of [Read More…]

Cellphone video shows Miami Police officer apparently kicking suspect in the head during arrest
Obtained by ABC News(MIAMI) — A Miami Police officer has been relieved of duty after cellphone video emerged on social media appearing to show him kicking a suspect in the head during an arrest. In [Read More…]

Twitter warns users to change their passwords
Bethany Clarke/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twitter is warning users to change their passwords after a bug could have exposed them to prying eyes. The social media company identified a bug that stored passwords “unmasked” (in [Read More…]

Driver in New York City crash that killed 2 children charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide
Leah Finnegan/Twitter(NEW YORK) — The driver in a New York City crash that killed two children — including the 4-year-old daughter of Tony award-winning Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Miles — has been indicted on several [Read More…]

Engine cowling, not fan blade, damaged window on fatal Southwest flight: NTSB
National Transportation Safety Board(NEW YORK) — It was apparently a fragment of the engine cowling, not a fan blade, that struck the window of Southwest Flight 1380, resulting in depressurization of the aircraft and the [Read More…]

Pictures of gun victims will be used to cause ‘peaceful’ disruptions of NRA convention
Alex Wong/Getty Images(DALLAS) — The student-led March for Our Lives inspired adults into action also, including one woman who is helping lead visual demonstrations during the National Rifle Association convention this weekend. Susan Levine told [Read More…]

Shooting at Nashville mall leaves 1 victim critically injured; suspect in custody
Nashville Fire Dept(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — At least one person has been hospitalized after a shooting at Nashville’s Opry Mills Mall, according to officials. The male victim was taken to TriStar Skyline Medical Center in critical [Read More…]

Over 150 migrant caravan members cross into U.S. to claim asylum, organizers say
ABCNews.com(SAN DIEGO)– Seventy members of the migrant caravan that reached the United States’ southern border last week crossed into the U.S. Thursday morning, turning themselves in to American authorities in order to claim asylum, organizers [Read More…]

Why ‘Golden State Killer’ may have stopped murder spree: Investigator
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — The deadly crime spree of the “Golden State Killer” includes a five-year pause that has remained a baffling mystery to this day. But now, with the arrest of 72-year-old Joseph [Read More…]

Minnesota farmer says strip-till gives him advantage during late spring
A central Minnesota farmer is confident having a strip-till system has given him an advantage as wet, cool conditions delay planting throughout most of the Upper Midwest. Bryan Ryberg of Buffalo Lake says with strips [Read More…]