Steve Nedved
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Feb 08
FL health care worker arrested after allegedly fathering child with disabled woman
Brevard County Sheriff’s Office(ROCKLEDGE, Fla.) — A caretaker at a Florida facility for people with disabilities was arrested on Wednesday, accused of impregnating a resident who has the mental capacity of a small child, authorities said. Willie Shorter, an employee at the Bridges assisted-living facility in central Florida, was arrested and charged with lewd and …
Feb 08
Wind Chill Advisory issued February 08 at 3:11AM MST until February 08 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero expected. * WHERE…Portions of south central and southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska and northwest and west central Iowa. * WHEN…Until noon CST Friday.
Feb 08
ISA research documents nutrient runoff reductions from cover crops
Photo courtesy Iowa State University Iowa Soybean Association researchers continue to see significant declines in nutrient runoff on fields planted to cover crops. “This year, cover crops across the state reduced nitrogen concentrations in tile water by about 28 percent,” says Adam Kiel, ISA’s operations manager for water resources. “That’s pretty much in line with …
Feb 08
Wind Chill Advisory issued February 07 at 11:00PM MST until February 08 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY… …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota and northwest and west central Iowa.
Feb 07
Nebraska bankers stress smart marketing, cutting expenses
Two western Nebraska bankers say they’re emphasizing the importance of smart marketing and expense reductions in meetings with farmers this winter. Leland Poppe with Great Western Bank says crop producers need a good marketing plan. “So when you get into the emotions of a market that looks like it’s going to take off, you’ve got …
Feb 07
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses the National Enquirer, AMI CEO of trying to extort him
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In a stunning post on Medium Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos publicly accused the National Enquirer of a blackmail and extortion plot involving compromising photographs. In January, the billionaire CEO and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, announced that they were divorcing. In a statement released on Twitter, they …
Feb 07
Aid arrives at Venezuela border as US demands Maduro let it in
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A convoy carrying American humanitarian aid arrived at the Colombia-Venezuela border on Thursday as the U.S. and Venezuela’s interim president Juan Guaido pressure President Nicolas Maduro to let the aid in and leave power. Nine trucks in total drove into the border city Cucuta, but it will remain on the Colombia …
Feb 07
Bayer dicamba training underway
Farmers who spray dicamba this year are now required to keep records of what neighboring crops are around them. Bayer dicamba lead Ryan Rubischko tells Brownfield Ag News it’s part of the EPA’s 2019 dicamba label, “Knowing in advance what are those neighboring fields? Those adjacent fields. So, when a farmer’s ready to go in …
Feb 07
Fireworks could accompany backlog of USDA numbers
The market is poised for volatility with USDA essentially releasing two months of supply and demand numbers Friday. Stewart Peterson senior market advisor Naomi Blohm says she anticipates some dramatic price action once the reports hit at 11 am central. “That’ll be an opportunity for old crop and new crop cash sales, and that’s what …
Feb 07
Graves: China the exception to good faith trade bargaining
Congressman Sam Graves says China is the exception where trade negotiation progress is concerned. “China is going to be a little bit harder moving down the road just simply because they don’t like to play by the rules,” said Graves, “but all other countries, the EU, South Korea and all the other renegotiated trade agreements …