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- Joey Roulette and Will Dunham Reuters
Its mission is to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.
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NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The telescope reached orbit just 10 minutes after liftoff and is now beginning its mission to shed light on some of the universe’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Named after astronomer Nancy Grac…
- Chris Hardie For Agri-View
The sea of fog and mist spread out before me, enveloping the farm valley and extending into the hills across the creek. Foggy mornings in August are commonplace in the Driftless Area, as cooler overnight temperatures match the dew point, creating liquid water droplets suspended in the air.
- CBC English
The United Kingdom has its driest July since record-keeping began 190 years ago. Farmers say the conditions are 'horrendous' and it could lead to food shortages.
- James Davey, Simon Jessop and Alexander Marrow Reuters
After years of intensive agriculture designed to cheaply feed the most people, this year's extreme weather has added urgency to the debate over whether climate change has transformed the economics.
Chewbacca is a Dun-colored Scottish Highland steer. He was going to be raised a bull, but was slightly under-size. ‘I’ve been here three years now,’ he says. ‘I needs lots of brushing and hugs. I’ve made friends with a barn kitten named Hazel. We often chat at the water bin. I was featured i…
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A suspected China-linked hacking group is exploiting a critical flaw in Broadcom’s VMware vCenter Server, compromising systems in 47 countries. Researchers at German firm QUIRSO counted 361 victim IP addresses, with the United States second-highest at 41. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-59310, s…
- Leo Marchandon, Raphael Satter and Callaghan O'Hare Reuters
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
Market gardens seem common throughout the countryside. Gardeners are out with big, brimmed sunhats pulling weeds, hoeing, rototilling and harvesting.
- Daniel Munch and Cydney Stables American Farm Bureau Federation
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- Amanda Watford Stateline.org
For more than three decades, researchers have tracked ticks, mice, oak trees and other fauna and flora in a New York forest to better understand what makes Lyme disease more likely to spread.
- Paul Gero For Agri-View
MADISON, Wis. -- For three days this past week, judges took over a room at Madison Area Technical College to work through this year’s World Dairy Products Association contests – tasting, scoring and discussing their way through almost every dairy category imaginable.
- USA Network via Reuters
In a matter of days, President Donald Trump’s administration reignited a trade war with Canada, pledged to bring about an “economic D-Day” for Iran and spooked representatives from the U.S. cattle industry with its plans to import 300,000 metric tons of beef.
- USA TODAY NETWORK
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump has eased tariffs on as much as 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imported into the United States for the next 90 days. It's a bid to reduce the prices Americans are paying for the grocery staple ahead of the November midterm election.
- USA Today - News
Wisconsin high school senior Adam Massman dies after injuries he sustained Aug. 20 while playing in a football game.
Brianne Massman described her son Adam as driven and determined. Adam died Aug. 22, 2026, following an injury he suffered in a high school football game.
- Steven Martinez and Adrienne Davis Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Adam Massman loved sports, his family and showing cattle. He excelled at whatever he did, his family said, and had a bright future ahead of him.
- Lynn Grooms For Agri-View
WAUSAU, Wis. – The Neighbors’ Place of Wausau is aptly named. It partners with the United Way Hunger Coalition of Marathon County, which invests in several food pantries throughout the county in north-central Wisconsin. The mission of The Neighbors’ Place is to provide food and other basics …
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- Shelby Gruss and Courtney Harle Iowa State University
Derechos, hail, drought and mounting disease pressure have all exposed weak points in conventional tall corn silage systems. Short stature corn, hybrids bred to stand roughly one-third shorter than conventional corn while carrying the same leaf number, has been promoted as a more stable opti…
- Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
A new simulation study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suggests winter canola could be profitable and environmentally beneficial if added to a conventional corn-soy rotation in the U.S. Midwest.
- James Rogers North Dakota State University
The weather continues to be baffling. Isolated and large storms have been popping up, bringing some relief to some areas while others continue to bake. There are many management considerations during dry periods, but keep an eye on some major ones.
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