Steve Nedved
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Dec 18
Crop specialist recommends not stressing soybeans
Crop management specialist Emerson Nafziger says his research shows soybeans with less stress yield better. “My point here is don’t create stress on purpose,” said Nafziger, during an Illinois Soybean Association-sponsored webinar Tuesday. “Some people have said soybeans love stress; if you stop it, they’re so happy they yield more, (but that) doesn’t seem to …
Dec 18
MU Crop Conference: All things dicamba
A leading university weed scientist says 2018, overall, was not a better year for off-site dicamba damage in Missouri and his concerns remain. Dr. Kevin Bradley says although Missouri will not have a 2019 state label, he has concerns about the EPA’s federal label saying he believes the risk is too great to spray dicamba in …
Dec 18
Supply, demand concerns pressure hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher supported by sharply higher wholesale values at midday. The market is still waiting for direction from the cash trade. February live cattle closed $1.02 higher at $122.57 and April live cattle closed $.75 higher at $124.60. January feeder cattle closed $.82 higher at $146.20 and …
Dec 18
ot just Facebook: Other apps store unposted photos, too, and there’s a reason
coffeekai/iStock(NEW YORK) — When Facebook announced its latest privacy-related blunder last Friday, one detail alarmed users: third-party apps could have accessed photos that were never even posted. “The bug also impacted photos that people uploaded to Facebook but chose not to post,” Tomer Bar, an engineering director at the company, wrote in a blog post …
Dec 18
She wanted to see the world before she went blind, now Michigan woman is missing in Peru
Yuri_Arcurs/iStock(NEW YORK) — A visually impaired Michigan woman, who was on a quest to see the world before she went completely blind, vanished while vacationing in Peru, just a day after she climbed the highest peak of Machu Picchu, her worried family said. Carla Valpeoz, 35, of Detroit hasn’t been heard from since Wednesday, Dec. …
Dec 18
Will Garth and Trisha finally record their duet record in 2019…live at the Ryman?
ABC/Image Group LAThe idea of an entire Garth Brooks/Trisha Yearwood duet record pre-dates even the couple’s 1997 hit, “In Another’s Eyes.” Now, it looks like it may finally happen….but with a twist. Of course, Garth and Trisha have cut multiple songs together through the years, like 2005’s “Love Will Always Win” and “Whiskey to Wine,” from Garth’s …
Dec 18
Are Maren, Kelsea and Carly the new Dolly, Linda and Emmylou?
ABC/Image Group LAMaren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, and Carly Pearce recently got together to celebrate the holidays and enjoy a little Christmas cheer — and luckily for us, they documented it all on their socials. “Shared some laughs + some horror stories + a LOT of tequila and wine,” Maren commented on her socials, along with a photo of the …
Dec 18
New Jersey police may arrest drivers who have yet to return $188K that spilled out of truck onto highway
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — It was the best of the Christmas spirit, and it was the worst of the Christmas spirit. New Jersey officials said that more than $114,000 of about $510,000 in cash that spilled out of the two plastic bags in the back of a Brinks armored truck earlier this month has been returned …
Dec 18
Yemeni woman gets reprieve from Trump travel ban to see dying son
CAIR, Sacramento Valley (SAN FRANCISCO) — A mother who had been blocked from seeing her terminally ill child due to Trump’s travel ban has been granted a visa waiver, advocates said Tuesday. Shaima Swileh’s 2-year-old son, Abdullah, has a genetic brain condition that has continued to worsen, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Sacramento …
Dec 18
Watch now: In new video, Dylan Scott shows you around his “Nothing to Do Town”
CurbYou can check out Dylan Scott’s “Nothing to Do Town” in the just-released music video for his new single. The clip follows the Louisiana native during a day spent duck hunting and off-roading near his hometown of Bastrop, Louisiana, in the northeastern part of the state. You can also spot his real-life friends and family as they hang …
