Nebraska State

Columbus, OH

1. Wheat futures modestly lower in overnight trading. Wheat futures were down slightly overnight as the U.S. harvest progresses and on increased production in Ukraine. Corn and beans were little changed. The U.S. winter wheat harvest was 93% complete at the start of the week, up from 88% seven days...

3 Big Things Today, August 14, 2024

Georgia State

Sumter County, GA

Georgia soybean grower Alex Harrell has shattered the world record yield for soybeans with a bin busting 218.2856 bushel per acre (bpa) average. Not only has he broken his own previous world record of 206 bpa, but he’s done it in back-to-back years. The 34-year-old farms about 4,000 acres...

New soybean yield record set at 218 bushels

The most recent WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate) report, released Monday, Aug. 12, confirmed supplies of soybeans are rising. Not only did the report contain a larger-than-expected yield increase, but acreage and carryout also grew. No matter how you slice it, the report was negative for price, and...

USDA report bearish for soybeans

Minnesota State

Here's a closer look at how corn and soybeans in the state are progressing. The progress of Minnesota’s corn crop was behind historical averages in all 3 of the progress categories included in USDA’s most recent Crop Progress report. Silking progress has been behind compared to last year...

What’s going on with Minnesota’s corn and soybeans?

December corn ended the day up 3½¢. November soybeans closed up 6¢. September wheat contracts closed mixed. CBOT wheat was up 6¢. KC wheat was down 1½¢. Minneapolis wheat was down a penny. "Monday’s bullish reversal remains supportive to corn prices as the market...

Corn and soybeans close higher | Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Health Digest

If you have this particular medical condition, it may be a good idea to bypass the whole milk found in your dairy aisle. We'll explain why this is so.

Avoid Drinking Whole Milk If You Have This Medical Condition

The Independent

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Pouring your morning coffee leftovers into your favorite houseplant or sprinkling used coffee grounds around the soil of your vegetables is a nugget of homespun growing advice that gardeners have been passing down for generations. But does it really work to boost the health of your plants? Some say that...

What Adding Coffee Does to Your Plants, According to Experts

Grapes are a perfect fridge staple—a handy item to have on hand for a fruit salad, a lunch you’re packing for school or work, or just something to snag a quick handful of when you need a snack. But whether they come straight from the farmers market or...

PSA: You’re Probably Washing Your Grapes Wrong—Here’s the Right Way

‘Tis the season! Not the one to be merry and bright (at least not yet), but the one where, despite the scorching temperatures, we all eagerly welcome fall flavors with fervor. No matter how you feel about pumpkin spice and other fall-favorite flavors, the time has come for PSLs, apple cider, and salted caramel to make their resurgence.

Dairy Queen’s Fall Menu Features an All-New Blizzard—Plus 3 Returning Favorites

Don't Waste Your Money

The Big Green Egg grill is a cult favorite among the meat-smoking set. But is it really worth the massive price tag? Consumer Reports tests it out.

Should you shell out big money for the Big Green Egg grill?

Grain Market Trader and Crossroads Coop Manager, Brian Irey says, now more than ever, it's important for producers to be on their toes when it comes to the ag markets and marketing of their grains. “It is going to be a difficult marketing situation here over the course of the...

Grain Trader Cautions Farmers to Stay on Guard

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

A common assumption is that the number-one complaint from farmers is about the unpredictable British weather. But Paddy Ivens, who has worked on his family farm near Peterborough since 1980, said this year had been the best he had known for strawberries. Mr Ivens, 61, put it all down to...

Bumper strawberry crop at pick-your-own farm

The Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand charity working with homeless people in Auckland unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission said Wednesday that staff had...

New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine

The manure spreader may be considered by some to be the lowliest of all farm implements. Yet, considering that it was one of the most frequently used implements on many farms and weighing the huge impact it exerted on reducing the back-breaking labor to spread manure across fields, enriching them. and boosting yields, the manure spreader deserves a prime position in the pantheon of farm machinery advances.

Celebrating the history of the manure spreader

New Jersey State

Collingswood, NJ

Morristown Minute

CAMDEN, N.J. – Ralston Boswell, 34, of Collingswood, New Jersey, has admitted to participating in schemes to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and unemployment insurance benefits. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Plea: Man's PPP & Unemployment Fraud - $209K Scam

Crisp County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

NewsBreak

Corn, soybean progress in this state ahead of five-year trends in all reported categories

According to USDA’s Crop Progress report for the week ending Aug. 11, progress of corn and soybeans in Nebraska is ahead of historical averages, and conditions...

Corn, soybean progress in this state ahead of five-year trends in all reported categories

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