Month: June 2018
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Disclosures show Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million last year
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Jared Kushner and wife Ivanka Trump made at least $80 million in outside income last year while working as White House advisers to President Donald Trump, according to newly-released financial disclosure [Read More…]
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Mattis not surprised by Trump’s call to end military exercises: Pentagon
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was not surprised by President Donald Trump’s call to end U.S. military exercises with South Korea and had been consulted beforehand, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. As reports emerged [Read More…]
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CME dairy markets mostly down again Tuesday
The dairy markets were mostly down at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. Class Three June milk was down $.03 to $15.40. July was down $.07 at $15.93. August was down $.11 to $16.41. September was [Read More…]
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Syngenta Grow More Experience
Brownfield’s Tom Steever and Rhiannon Branch will be on the ground for the Syngenta Grow More Experience in Columbia, MO on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Continue reading Syngenta Grow More Experience at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
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USDEC says dairy exports set records in April
The U.S. Dairy Export Council says U.S. export volumes set a record in April. USDEC’s Global Dairy Market Outlook report says more than 213-thousand tons of milk powder, cheese, butterfat, whey, and lactose was [Read More…]
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USDA lowers U.S. corn, soybean carryover projections
The USDA has tightened the old and new crop ending stocks estimates for soybeans and corn. The month to month change for old crop corn was bigger export demand guess and for soybeans, it was [Read More…]
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Indiana FFA Convention
Brownfield’s Amie Sites will be on the ground in West Lafayette for the Indiana FFA Convention on Wednesday, June 20. Continue reading Indiana FFA Convention at Brownfield Ag News.
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Backing-flipping FBI agent who accidentally shot Denver nightclub-goer surrenders
KMGH-TV(DENVER) — The FBI agent who accidentally shot a nightclub-goer when he did a backflip on a dance floor in Denver turned himself in Tuesday to face charges in connection with the incident, according to [Read More…]
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The world watched: Trump-Kim summit drew global reaction, with many expressing cautious hope
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — At all hours of the night, from all corners of the globe, the world watched. China praised the outcome of the summit, in which President Donald Trump pledged security guarantees to the North [Read More…]
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Orlando marks solemn 2-year anniversary of Pulse nightclub massacre
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — People in Orlando and across the country observed a moment of silence two years after 49 people were gunned down at Pulse nightclub. At noon, 149 churches in all 50 [Read More…]
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5 moments you missed from the North Korea summit: The biggest developments from overnight
ABC News (NEW YORK) — They came. They shook. They made history. President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a North Korean head of state on Tuesday. The controversial summit, [Read More…]
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USDA winter wheat estimate up on month
The USDA has raised its projection for the current winter wheat crop. As of June 1st, the crop is estimated at 1.198 billion bushels, up 1% from May’s guess, but down 6% from the 2017 [Read More…]
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Former police chief, officers allegedly framed teen for burglaries to keep crime stats up: Prosecutors
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — A former south Florida police chief and two of his officers are accused of framing a teenage boy for four burglaries in order to look like they had perfect burglary arrest statistics, according [Read More…]
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Trump courts Kim Jong Un with Hollywood-style trailer: ‘You could have the best hotels in the world’
Win McNamee/Getty Images(SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he showed Kim Jong Un a “tape that was done on the highest level of future development” and made the pitch to [Read More…]
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Trump says he told Kim: ‘You could have the best hotels in the world,’ instead of testing missiles
Win McNamee/Getty Images(SENTOSA ISLAND, Singapore) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he showed Kim Jong Un a “tape that was done on the highest level of future development” and made the pitch to [Read More…]
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Hurricane Bud churns in Pacific, could hit Mexico by end of week
KETV(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Bud is churning off the coast of western Mexico in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph. Bud is located about 325 miles southeast [Read More…]
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Dognapping spree targeting purebred Yorkies has Connecticut town’s pet owners on edge
WABC(BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) — Eleven female Yorkshire terriers have been stolen in one Connecticut town, with officials suspecting that an illegal breeder is the culprit. The pups were taken from homes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, over the [Read More…]
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Uber driver kicked out same-sex couple for kissing, women say
WABC(NEW YORK) — A same-sex couple has accused an Uber driver in New York City of discriminating against them after he allegedly kicked them out of the car for kissing in the backseat. Alex Iovine [Read More…]
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Officer rescues toddler running along busy road in Chicago suburb in heart-stopping video
Naperville Police Department/Facebook(CHICAGO) — An officer is seen rescuing a toddler running along a busy road in a Chicago suburb in a heart-stopping video. The young boy “escaped his mother’s watchful eye, left his house [Read More…]
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Updated smartphone app helps buyers and sellers of standing hay
University of Wisconsin Extension Agent Greg Blonde says updates to their standing hay pricing app make the tool useful on all devices and anywhere in the country. Continue reading Updated smartphone app helps buyers and [Read More…]