NASA is helping farmers — how researchers are using satellite images to address big ag issues

NASA is helping farmers — how researchers are using satellite images to address big ag issues

It’s been a year since NASA kicked off an effort to provide farmers with useful information garnered from satellite images of Earth. The program includes research at two universities in the Midwest. NASA Acres aims to address some of the most pressing problems facing food production — getting important data points from satellite images of…

217 Today: Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won’t have another.

217 Today: Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won’t have another.

Monday, May 13, 2024 Today’s headlines: State Senator Chapin Rose says the University of Illinois is not being fair to its flagship campus when it distributes state funds. Proponents of a measure to let terminal patients end their own lives are increasing pressure on state lawmakers as two weeks remain in the spring legislative session….