Steve Nedved
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Jan 04
Getting Healthy: A New Year’s Resolution for Soil and Business
“Getting healthy” is often near the top of the list of New Year’s Resolutions. There is an equal need for soil to be healthy. The new year is a great opportunity to set goals for getting your soil healthy, which can help with managing extreme weather, it can increase profitability and it can sequester carbon. …
Jan 04
Shutdown complicates work of ag economist
The government shutdown is complicating the work of agricultural economists like Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois. “Well I’m a fundamentalist, so I like to see the USDA data come in. I do projections on what I think is going to happen, and whether you like it or not the market moves off USDA …
Jan 04
The Cowboy Rides Away: King George to close this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
ABC/Image Group LAGeorge Strait will close this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Sunday, March 17, and his show will feature special appearances by fellow Texans Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. Fellow Lone Star State native Kacey Musgraves will kick off the 2019 rodeo season with a concert on Monday, February 25. In between, country favorites Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Old …
Jan 04
Willa Gray conquers the slopes on Thomas Rhett’s Colorado ski vacation
ABC/Image Group LAShe’s only three, but Thomas Rhett’s daughter Willa Gray is already quite the ski bunny. “A couple years from now Willa will be dusting all of us down the mountain,” TR shared on Instagram, along with a photo of him with his oldest daughter and his wife Lauren, all wearing helmets and ski goggles. Lauren later confirmed that …
Jan 04
‘No timeline for US withdrawal from Syria’: State Dept. official
omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As of now, there’s “no timeline for military forces to withdraw” from Syria, a senior State Department official said Friday, adding to the repeatedly changing administration accounts concerning President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to pull all U.S. troops out of the war-ravaged country. At the same time, officials reiterated the Trump administration “does …
Jan 04
Tim McGraw kicks off 2019 with a “Cool Change” in the Bahamas
ABC/Image Group LATim McGraw’s been kicking off 2019 with a little R-and-R on his private island in the Bahamas. The country superstar started his vacation by sharing a video of the getaway he built with Faith Hill, set to “Cool Change” by Little River Band. Tim and Faith’s Atlantic retreat was previously featured in a 2017 spread in Architectural Digest. …
Jan 04
‘Snowflakes, your army needs you!’: UK targets millennials in latest army recruitment drive
Ministry of Defence(LONDON) — The British Army has launched a new recruitment campaign targeting a range of millennial stereotypes, including “snowflakes” and “selfie addicts.” The campaign uses the template of a famous World War I propaganda poster to make its point. The classic poster featured then-British Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, with the …
Jan 04
Marine Corps integrates male and female platoons during boot camp for the first time
ABC News(PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.) — For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps will integrate female and male platoons during boot camp. Unlike the other services, the Marine Corps has not fully integrated women and men during recruit training. Instead, at Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina, the first three battalions are …
Jan 04
Here’s how the IRS has been affected by the government shutdown
Skyhobo/iStock(WASHINGTON) — “Welcome to the IRS. Live telephone assistance is not available at this time. Normal operations will resume as soon as possible.” This is the message anyone calling to ask about tax matters heard after dialing the Internal Revenue Service this week. The IRS has sent close to 90 percent of its workforce home …
Jan 04
Beyonce and Jay-Z help set visitor record at Paris’ Louvre museum
Starcevic/iStock(PARIS) — It’s not the kind of record they’re used to making — but it’s a big one for the famed Louvre museum. The Paris landmark welcomed a record 10.2 million visitors in 2018, a 25 percent spike from 2017, partly because a music video Beyonce and Jay-Z shot at the iconic locale went viral. …