Month: June 2018
Ag News
Lawmakers, candidates appreciate Secretary Perdue’s support for biofuels
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has received a letter from more than 50 lawmakers and candidates supporting his efforts to help promote biofuels. The letter commends Perdue’s efforts to, “combat special interests seeking to undercut homegrown [Read More…]
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Delayed planting leads to emergence problems for corn
Delayed planting has led to emergence problems for some corn growers. Winfield United agronomist Jon Zuk says wet conditions across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota forced many farmers to work fields that weren’t completely fit, [Read More…]
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Checkoff investments help drive record domestic pork consumption
The CEO of the National Pork Board says Checkoff investments are helping improve domestic pork demand. Bill Even tells Brownfield a new approach to marketing and promotion has been key in growing U.S. consumption to [Read More…]
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Michigan ag leaders want Trump to protect trade
Ag leaders are concerned Michigan will be hard hit from tariffs imposed by the Trump administration as two-thirds of the state’s ag exports are sent to Canada and Mexico. Kathy Maurer with the Michigan [Read More…]
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Checkoff investments help drive record domestic pork consumption
The CEO of the National Pork Board says Checkoff investments are helping improve domestic pork demand. Bill Even tells Brownfield a new approach to marketing and promotion has been key in growing U.S. consumption to [Read More…]
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Raising a glass to dairy
June 1st has been named World Milk Day by the United Nations celebrate the contributions of dairy around the globe. Jolene Griffin with the United Dairy Industry of Michigan says the dairy industry is [Read More…]
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Fugitive suspected of killing sheriff’s sergeant captured, authorities say
iStock/Thinkstock(NASHVILLE) — The fugitive who allegedly killed a sheriff’s sergeant has been captured after a dayslong manhunt in Tennessee, authorities said. Steven Wiggins, who had been on the run since the fatal shooting earlier this [Read More…]
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Clergy abuse survivors to receive $210M from Catholic archdiocese in Minnesota
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PAUL, Minn.) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has reached a $210 million settlement to be dispersed among 450 survivors of alleged clergy abuse as part of its bankruptcy reorganization, an archbishop [Read More…]
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Severe weather, flooding expected for Great Plains, Midwest through weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 300 damaging storm reports were made Thursday from the Rockies into the Midwest, including 11 reported tornadoes. Lots of damage was reported in the Ohio Valley from Louisville, Kentucky, [Read More…]
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Eighth-grader wins Scripps National Spelling Bee with ‘koinonia’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.) — Karthik Nemmani won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, after correctly spelling the word “koinonia.” Koinonia means a Christian fellowship or body of believers, according to Merriam-Webster. [Read More…]
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Three bodies found at kidnapping suspect’s home
iStock/Thinkstock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) — Three bodies have been found at a Massachusetts home associated with a kidnapping suspect. The investigation is active and ongoing, according to Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni. The bodies were found in [Read More…]
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Kim Jong Un reaffirms commitment to denuclearization
South Korean Presidential Blue House/Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the communist regime’s commitment to denuclearization Thursday. Pyongyang’s state media, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported the reaffirmation occurred [Read More…]