MANKATO, Minnesota, July 23 -- The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance issued the following news on July 22, 2025: * * * Argus Murmurings: Ukrainian organic soybeans face 10% export duty Organic soybean imports in June 2025 were estimated at 8,100 MT, up 47% from a year earlier. Ukraine was the largest supplier with 4,100 MT, followed by Canada with 2,000 MT, Paraguay with 1,800 MT and Argentina with 228 MT. The Argus AgriMarkets Organic and non-GMO service weekly delivered spot price for fe  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Big South Fork Plugging Abandoned Oil Wells to Restore Nature * News Release Date: July 24, 2025 Contact: Daniel Banks, 423-569-9778 Contact: Tom Blount, 423-569-9778 Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area encompasses 125,000 acres of rugged terrain within the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. It is  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Environmental Organizations Demand that Minnesota Power Comply with Wastewater Rules At Boswell Plant One Year After Massive Coal-Ash Wastewater Spill * DULUTH, Minn. - Today, Sierra Club, CURE, and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) sent a letter to Minnesota Power demanding that the company address problems associated with storage and management of coal ash wastewater  more

ITHACA, New York, July 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Radar satellite will give new view of changes to Earth's surface * The Earth's surface is ready for its closeup. When the NASA-ISRO SAR satellite launches into orbit on July 30, it will ping nearly all of the planet's land and ice surfaces with a form of imaging called synthetic aperture radar twice every 12 days. The radar will capture ground movements as small as a centimeter, to create the most comprehensiv  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * USGS and state partners to test bait platforms to catch invasive carp in Upper Mississippi River * LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with the Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources, will install floating bait platforms and monitoring equipment to test a new method for capturing invasive carp. The equipment w  more