Steve Nedved
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Jan 24
Innovature is a gene editing conversation online
A new online hub for conversations about gene-editing in agriculture has been launched by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and BIO, the largest trade association of biotech companies. Bernice Slutsky with the ASTA tells Brownfield there’s a lot to talk about on the INNOVATURE site, “Applications that have to do with our food, our …
Jan 24
Ditch the plow, cover up and grow diversity
David Montgomery, geomorphology professor at the University of Washington and author of three books on soil degradation and health provides farmers with a recipe to give life back to soil. “That recipe of ditching the plow, covering up with cover crops and growing a diversity of plants, whether it’s a diversity of cash crops or …
Jan 24
Here’s how Venezuela reached its breaking point
Bene_A/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A day after the Trump administration formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s’s interim president, triggering a standoff with President Nicolas Maduro over the status of U.S. diplomats in the country, Venezuelans are apprehensive about what comes next. Andreina Fermin, 37, has lived in Caracas for 12 years, but she …
Jan 24
Hot Country Knights gone wild: Dierks Bentley has some advice for his alter ego
ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley‘s currently on tour as himself — and as his ’90s alter ego — so why shouldn’t he talk to him on Twitter? The Arizona native’s nineties cover band, Hot Country Knights, is one of the opening acts on his Burning Man Tour, and Dierks responded to their recent post on social media. Which essentially …
Jan 24
5 women gunned down in Florida bank in apparent ‘random act’: Police
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SEBRING, Fla.) — Five people — all women — were gunned down inside a Florida bank in an apparent “random” mass shooting, police said Thursday. Authorities raced to the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon after 21-year-old Zephan Xaver allegedly killed all five people inside the bank, then called 911, telling …
Jan 24
First Valentine’s Day without Sweethearts in 153 years leaves candy lovers speechless
bhofack2/iStock(NEW YORK) — Roses are red, violets are blue, Sweethearts are gone, what will we do?! People are saying “C YA L8er” to the classic Valentine’s Day candy for the first time in the 153 years since it began production in 1866. Fans will have to find a replacement candy for the box of chalky, …
Jan 24
Gen. Colin Powell shares roadside good deed encounter on Facebook
Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage(WASHINGTON) — Retired four-star Gen. Colin L. Powell took to Facebook and called on the nation to “take care of each other” after a roadside encounter with one former Afghanistan civilian employee. Powell was driving down Interstate 495 on his way the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when his left front tire blew …
Jan 24
Superintendent faces fraud charges after claiming student as son at doctor’s office
Madison County Sheriffs Office(ELWOOD, Ind.) — The superintendent of a public school district in central Indiana turned herself in to police after claiming a student as her son when taking him to see a doctor. Casey Smitherman returned to her job as superintendent of Elwood Community Schools on Thursday but is now facing fraud charges, …
Jan 24
90 horses found dead in Australian Outback during massive heat wave
LOSHADENOK/iStock(LONDON) — Ninety wild horses have been found dead in the Australian Outback in the latest sign the nation is struggling to cope with this week’s record breaking heat wave. A team of Aboriginal Rangers made the discovery at Santa Teresa, Central Australia, near a dried up waterhole, the local authority Central Land Council said …
Jan 24
Trump and Venezuela’s Maduro set for showdown
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have set themselves up for a showdown. After Trump recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the interim president on Wednesday, Maduro said he was severing diplomatic ties with the U.S. and ordering all American diplomats out of the country within 72 hours. But …
