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Strategic Farming Field Notes: Crops update and preparing for soybean insect scouting

Ag and Extension

On June 24, Matt Pfarr, University of Minnesota Extension educator – Crops, and Dr. Bob Koch, University of Minnesota Extension soybean entomologist, joined moderator Dave Nicolai, University of Minnesota Extension Educator – Crops, to discuss crop development, disease outlook, nutrient management, and soybean insect scouting during the University of Minnesota Extension Strategic Farming: Field Notes webinar. The Strategic Farming: Field Notes webinar series provides timely, research-based information on current crop production issues throughout the growing season. The series is ...

AI stocks sink and drag markets lower worldwide

National News

NEW YORK (AP) — The roller-coaster ride for AI stocks snapped back down on Tuesday and dragged Wall Street lower. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% even though the majority of stocks within the index rose. The drops for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry dragged the Nasdaq composite down 1.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 130 points, or 0.2%, from its record. The weakness began in Asia, where Samsung Electronics tumbled 6.9% in Seoul. The tech giant gave a preliminary look at its performance for the second quarter, and the numbers were strong. Samsung Electronics ...

Crime

News of Record

MARSHALL — A juvenile stealing packages was reported at 4:15 p.m. Monday on the 1300 block of Birch Street, Marshall Police said. MARSHALL — Burglary reported at 1:31 p.m. Monday on the 600 block of West Lyon Street is under investigation, Marshall Police said. TYLER — Theft reported at 1:03 p.m. Monday on the 1100 block of Lyon County Road 51 is under investigation, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said. MARSHALL — Graffiti on a bike path was reported at 10:42 a.m. Monday at the intersection of North Seventh Street and Kossuth Avenue, Marshall Police said. ...

Investigator says video shows defendant going onto roof to kill Charlie Kirk

National News

PROVO, Utah (AP) — The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt, bought a meal at Chick-fil-A and made contact with Kirk's staff, before returning in different clothes to shoot the conservative activist from a rooftop, an investigator testified Tuesday. Utah State Bureau of Investigation Agent David Hull described Tyler Robinson's alleged movements before and after Kirk was killed as prosecutors played previously unseen campus surveillance videos in state court. The defendant first arrived on campus about four hours before Kirk was ...

Burgers, music and classic vehicles in Ruthton

Local News

RUTHTON — While Kayla Daniels filled the air with her music at the city park, hundreds of people lined up to purchase a hot dog or burger meal during the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration. “Between the hot dogs and the burgers we feed about 700 people,” said Brenda Dagel with ...