Month: May 2018
Ag News
Cattle rally on short-covering
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed higher on short-covering in limited trade activity. Today’s Cattle on Feed report was within pre-report estimates and were relatively neutral to the market. Contracts were able to [Read More…]
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Deere says price hike to accommodate higher steel/aluminum
John Deere, the largest ag equipment maker, says it’s raising prices on farm machinery, in part, because of increasing costs for steel and aluminum caused by U.S. tariffs. At its second quarter meeting, Deere lowered [Read More…]
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New MPP program: signup deadline and first payments coming quickly
The deadline to sign up for the Margin Protection Program is Friday, June 1st and Wisconsin’s State Farm Service Agency Director says county offices are preparing for a busy week of sign-ups. Sandy Chalmers tells [Read More…]
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Macron tries to woo Putin during state visit
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Friday used a state visit to Russia to mount an energetic charm offensive on President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders rubbed elbows in a [Read More…]
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Body camera footage shows police fatally shoot naked man
moodboard/Thinkstock(RICHMOND, Va.) — Police tased and then fatally shot a naked man after a confrontation on a Virginia highway earlier this month. Richmond police released the body camera footage of the May 14 incident today. [Read More…]
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Staff surprises man with way to watch his twins’ graduation from a hospital room
iStock/Thinkstock(SANTA CLARITA, Calif.) — A man in a California hospital who thought he’d have to miss his twins’ high school graduation got a nice surprise from nurses and staff. Initially David Bernstein of Santa Clarita [Read More…]
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‘Hero’ teacher ran at gunman, tackled him to ground, student says: ‘He pretty much protected all of us’
iStock/Thinkstock(NOBLESVILLE, Ind.) — When a middle school boy allegedly opened fire at his Indiana school, the teacher immediately ran and tackled him to the ground, one student in the classroom told ABC News. The suspected [Read More…]
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Amazon responds to story that couple’s private conversation was sent to random contact
Amazon/ABC News(PORTLAND) — Amazon said that it was “evaluating options” after recent and shocking news that its Echo device had not only recorded a couple’s conversation inside their home, but also had sent it to [Read More…]
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How a Norwegian sound festival puts experimental music at the forefront
Sarah Hucal/ABC News(OSLO, Norway) — On a warm spring evening in Oslo, a series of brass notes — some electrifying, others solemn — are played by a dozen instrumentalists perched in various corners of the [Read More…]
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George Takei’s accuser retracts a key detail of his story
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The man who accused George Takei of sexual misconduct a few months ago has retracted a key detail of his story. In an interview with The Observer, Scott Brunton, [Read More…]
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3 injured, 2 critically, in Portland hit-and-run
iStock/Thinkstock(PORTLAND) — Multiple people have been injured in a hit-and-run crash in Portland, Oregon, according to police. Three women were struck around 10 a.m. and transported to local hospitals, the Portland Police Department said in [Read More…]
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30-year-old ordered by court to move from parents’ home if offered job with starting bonus
Google Maps(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — A 30-year-old man ordered by a judge to move out of his parents’ home in upstate New York has been offered a job and a starting bonus by a restaurant chain. [Read More…]
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CME butter and whey up in Friday’s dairy trade
The dairy markets were down except for butter and whey Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three May milk was down $.02 at $15.17 a hundredweight. June was down $.09 to $15.67. July was [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer hosts ‘Asia-Pacific Tour’ trade team
Following the Ethanol Summit of the Asia-Pacific in Minneapolis this week, the U.S. Grains Council held post-summit tours for participants to see the full production and value of U.S. ethanol. One such trade team, consisting [Read More…]
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Partisan differences set tone for future farm legislation
A university farm policy specialist says the House defeat of the farm bill may have residual effects on getting farm legislation passed. The future of farm policy depends on lawmakers working together, said Jonathan Coppess, [Read More…]
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Sapp Bros. opens another biodiesel blending facility in Nebraska
Sapp Bros. has opened a new biodiesel blending facility in Columbus, Nebraska. It’s located on the south side of Columbus, about five miles from the Columbus NuStar terminal. Fuel suppliers can load diesel on their transport [Read More…]
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Heat on Pruitt to make E15 available this summer
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is turning up the heat on Scott Pruitt to institute a waiver for summertime sales of E15. NFU biofuels advisor Anne Steckel says the EPA administrator has authority to lift [Read More…]
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Brazilian grandparents convicted in high-profile Texas kidnapping case
iStock/Thinkstock(SAO PAULO) — A federal jury in Texas on Friday found a Brazilian couple guilty of helping their daughter kidnap a Houston doctor’s son and take him to Brazil, where the child remains, but declined [Read More…]
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A timeline of Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace to rape charges
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK CITY) — Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein turned himself into police Friday morning in New York to face rape and sexual abuse charges before being released on bail. But just six months [Read More…]
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‘Pain au chocolat’ vs ‘chocolatine’: Pastry-name war heading to French Parliament
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — Should one of the best known French pastries be called chocolatine or pain au chocolat? This is a debate that has been going on for decades in France. A group of right-wing French [Read More…]