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Eighty-five Ohio FFA students tied their sneakers up recently and stood at attention for four hours at this year’s Bobcat-A-Thon, an annual fund-raiser put on by the Penta-Bowling Green High School FFA chapter. The event put on by Penta-Bowling Green High School FFA  is a “party with a purpose” to make people aware of and raise money for the patients of Nationwide Children’s Hospital-Toledo. From the moment the first song played until the final raffle ticket was pulled, students filled the BGHS gym to benefit of children who lack the strength to leave their hospital beds. This year’s patriotic “USA…

By Cami Koons Iowa State University has been awarded more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to carry out six research projects that will help prevent and combat animal disease outbreaks.  The Iowa awards were part of an announcement from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, of $15.3 million for research that enhances preparedness, detection and response to “the most damaging diseases that threaten U.S. livestock.”  Molly Lee, the associate director of ISU’s Center for Food Security and Public Health, said the projects will generate free resources for producers and animal health professionals.  “Animal disease…

By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO, April 7 (Reuters) – Showers last week and forecasts of more rain throughout April brought relief to second corn crop farmers in Brazil, according to an agribusiness consultancy and a weather forecaster. The main corn-producing areas started to receive showers this week, agrometeorologist Marco Antonio dos Santos said on Monday, adding the timing is good for growing plants. “Last week saw a new round of very welcome rains in several second-crop corn producing areas in south-central Brazil,” agribusiness consultancy AgRural said in a report on Monday. Brazil’s second-crop corn, which is expected to account for more than…

A 219.85-acre property used as a private hunting retreat for 20 years recently sold to a local farmer who plans to transition the land back into a row crop farm. Located in northeast Nebraska, close to Norfolk, the land sold at the beginning of this year for $8,429.94 an acre for a total of about $1.8 million. The new owner is working to have the land ready for this year’s planting season, according to Randy Oertwich, the agent who handled the sale for United Farm and Ranch Management. The Property “I advertised it as a hunter’s dream property and it…

By Tim Carpenter TOPEKA — Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas pushed back against President Donald Trump’s vision of a trade war by joining a dozen cosponsors of federal legislation restricting unilateral tariffs without consent of Congress. Under a Senate bill, a U.S. president would be required to inform Congress within 48 hours of issuing a new or modified tariff. A duty levied by the executive branch would expire unless the House and Senate passed a joint resolution within 60 days endorsing a tariff. Moran said he joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and…

On November 8, 2024 International Short Video Competition “Mountain Tai Bringing Prosperity to the Nation” Field Trip was held in Tai’an, the city of the Five Great Mountains, located in Shandong Province. Following the launch ceremony, over 50 leading content creators, internet influencers, and renowned bloggers from various fields will be divided into three teams to embark on field study and creative endeavors.   Team Mountain Tai meticulously explores the profound cultural heritage of Mount Tai and conveys this rich cultural essence to global audiences through the lens of the camera.   Team Wen River showcased the historical heritage and…

International Development ISSN 1470-2320 Prizewinning Dissertation 2021 No.21-CC International Remittances and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Investigating Resilient Remittance Flows from Italy during 2020 Carla Curreli Published: Feb 2022 Department of International Development London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street                                                                Tel: +44 (020) 7955 7425/6252 London                                           …

One of the most intriguing figures of our time – Elon Musk Each image in this album is a piece of history, capturing the essence of Musk’s journey.  It’s an intimate expedition through various stages of his life   from a bright-eyed, curious child,  through his formative years,  to the trailblazer leading some of the most successful technological endeavors of this century.  Join us on this captivating odyssey, tracing the footsteps of a man who has dared to envision a better future for humanity.

We are conditioned by social media, all the activities available for young to not so young people, and the thought that hustle is the epitome of successfulness. We are expected to do more, be more, be fit, be smart, be active, be everything to everyone. Work longer hours to make up for the people who don’t want to work. Do all the things all the time. Farming is one thing after another. Planting rolls in to spraying which rolls in to hay and brome seed and that rolls in to silage chopping and harvest then to fixing the erosion problems…

“No kids should be unsafe at school,” Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group’s senior vice president of government affairs, said to a group gathered for an online media event. No, this wasn’t a discussion about gun violence, bullying, mental health, or failing grades. It’s about something that the EWG finds absolutely horrifying: There are over 4,000 schools in the United States located within 200 feet from farm fields. As Faber said, that’s leaving our school children exposed and vulnerable.  On Nov. 2, the EWG (the same folks behind The Dirty Dozen) launched an interactive map created to demonstrate just how close…