India to import record 2.5 million tons of urea at nearly double price paid two months ago

India is set to import a record 2.5 million metric tons of urea in a single tender, ​government sources said, at nearly ...
CNET

Is Your Internet Connection Delivering on the Speeds You Pay For? Here’s How to Tell

Don't settle for sluggish Wi-Fi. Learn what internet speed tests mean and how to troubleshoot and fix common issues. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...
Investopedia

Warren Buffett: Why Index Funds Outperform Stock Picking for Most Investors

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...
arkadelphian

Arkansas farmers to drop acreage in four major crops in favor of soybeans for 2026

Arkansas farmers plan to reduce planted acreage for four of the state’s five major crops, including corn, cotton, peanuts and rice, in favor of soybeans during the 2026 planting season, according to ...
IEEE

Autonomous Driving Test Case Generation via Adaptive Importance Sampling with Failure Index Guiding

Abstract: Safety validation of autonomous driving (AD) systems remains a critical challenge before large-scale AD deployment on the public road. To fulfill this, the corner case testing plays an ...
USA Today

Farmers shift from corn to soybeans as fertilizer prices spike

U.S. farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 than last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, as the Iran war drives up fertilizer and fuel prices in the latest blow to the ...
Investopedia

S&P 500 vs. Total Market Index: Best for Long-Term Growth?

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
The Motley Fool

1 No-Brainer High-Yield S&P Index Fund to Buy Right Now for Less Than $100

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF starts its search with the S&P 500 index. Selecting the highest-yielding stocks from the S&P 500 allows the ETF to materially improve the yield equation for ...
Frontiers

NSII: a novel soybean identification index based on Sentinel-2 imagery for accurate and efficient soybean mapping

Modified Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (MNDVI) (Dihkan et al., 2013) Modified Simple Ratio Vegetation Index (MSAVI) (Haboudane et al., 2004) Modified Simple Ratio red-edge (MSRre) ...
The American Prospect

Iran War Sends Fertilizer Prices Sky-High

As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran enters its second month, Iran has found a new way to hold leverage over the world economy: closing and opening the Strait of Hormuz at will. Iran’s ability to ...
American Farm Bureau Federation

Prospective Plantings Report Provides First Look at Acreage Intentions

Farmers intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2026, down 3% from last year’s elevated levels, reflecting tighter margins and higher fertilizer costs. Soybean acreage expands modestly Soybean ...