Steve Nedved
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Mar 02
No-till lessens impact of cold weather on winter wheat
AUDIO: Shannon DePoy Shannon DePoy enjoys meeting people and comparing notes at Commodity Classic, but what awaits the South Dakota wheat grower when he leaves sunny Florida is below zero weather at his Dupree farm. He tells Brownfield Ag News that no-tilling lessen the cold’s impact. DePoy likes growing wheat, it’s easy to tell, and …
Mar 02
Farm-to-end user transportation depends on robust infrastructure
Transportation of farm products, including soybeans, depends on robust infrastructure. It’s essential to growers maintaining profitability. Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, talks about how many boxes of the American people’s to-do list is getting done by the energy expended in Washington, D.C. Steenhoek also talks about the consequences of the end …
Mar 02
FSA Administrator comments on implementing new farm bill
FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce told a USDA listening session on implementing the 2018 Farm Bill there are not any new-from-the-ground-up programs to administer. He says, “There are existing programs that have new and improved changes, whether that be ARC-PLC, Dairy Margin Coverage, CRP, or even higher lending limits for farm loan programs. Fordyce says FSA …
Mar 02
DEA, New York law enforcement raid alleged NY drug mill, recover enough fentanyl to kill 2 nearly million people
WABC(NEW YORK) — Authorities raided a residential suburban home in leafy Westchester County, New York Friday morning and walked out with enough fentanyl to kill nearly 2 million people, an official with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said. Five kilograms of the poisonously potent synthetic opioid were seized along with 6 kilograms of heroin, …
Mar 02
Discussing Enlist with Corteva Agriscience
Mike Dillon with Corteva During our stop at the Corteva display at Commodity Classic in Orlando, we discussed the Enlist weed control system and Enlist E3 soybeans with New Technologies Specialist Haley Nabors and Global Portfolio Lead for Soybeans Mike Dillon. AUDIO: Mike Dillon AUDIO: Haley Nabors Continue reading Discussing Enlist with Corteva Agriscience at …
Mar 02
Wind Chill Advisory issued March 02 at 9:39AM MST until March 04 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 20 below to 35 below zero expected, with lowest readings occurring on Sunday and Monday morning. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and
Mar 02
Serial rapist Nathan Loebe convicted in Pima County, Arizona, after testing of rape kit backlog
ABC News(TUSCON) — A Tucson man was convicted of raping seven women over a 12-year period after police received a grant to test rape kits and changed a “mindset” over which kits get tested. “The old view was if you have a situation where the victim reported it was without consent but the defendant or …
Mar 02
SpaceX launches rocket bound for International Space Station
ABC News/NASA(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — SpaceX, using a Falcon 9 rocket, successfully launched a space capsule bound for the International Space Station. After taking off around 2:50 a.m. EST on Saturday, the capsule is expected to reach the ISS on Sunday, about 27 hours after liftoff, according to the Associated Press. It will be docked …
Mar 02
WWII veteran who asked for 100 birthday cards for his 100th birthday gets thousands
Facebook/Brookdale Midwestern(NEW YORK) — World War II veteran Joe Cuba had one request for his 100th birthday: to receive 100 birthday cards. To his surprise, he received not 100, but thousands of letters, photographs and gifts from people all around the world. It all started Feb. 21 when the Brookdale Midwestern Retirement Community, where Cuba …
Mar 02
Amazon to open non-Whole Foods grocery chain
ablokhin/iStock(SEATTLE) — Amazon, which bought Whole Foods in 2017 for about $13.7 billion, is planning to open a separate grocery chain, beginning in Los Angeles, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the project told The Journal the first new store could open at the end of 2019 and that talks are underway …