Month: July 2018
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Teen shot in head with pellet gun makes stunning recovery
WMTW/ABC News(BANGOR, Maine) — Lauri Quimby was told her son wouldn’t survive. Charlie, 19, was shot in the right temple with a pellet gun by a friend, said police in Skowhegan, a town of about [Read More…]
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Shots fired: U.S.-China trade war begins
iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — After months of threats from President Donald Trump, at 12:01 a.m. Friday a trade war between the world’s two largest economies began in earnest. The U.S. started adding 25 percent tariffs on $34 [Read More…]
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Former navy SEAL dies while supplying soccer team trapped in Thai cave
Thai Royal Navy SEALS(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — A former Thai navy SEAL died on Friday working to deliver supplies to the soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand, according to official reports. The rescuer [Read More…]
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Former navy SEAL dies while supplying soccer team trapped in Thai cave
Thai Royal Navy SEALS(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — A former Thai navy SEAL died on Friday working to deliver supplies to the soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand, the Associated Press reported. The rescuer [Read More…]
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‘Brand loyalty’ to farm equipment isn’t what it used to be
For decades, many farm families have been fiercely loyal to certain brands of farm equipment. But as farm operations continue to grow and the next generation of farmers takes over, that intense brand loyalty is [Read More…]
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Woman calls cops on black Oregon lawmaker campaigning in her district
KATU/ABC News(PORTLAND, Oregon) — While campaigning in her district, the cops were called on a black lawmaker as she was meeting voters door to door. Rep. Janelle Bynum represents the 51st District in the Oregon [Read More…]
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How nerve agent Novichock suspected in UK poisonings affects the body
iStock/Thinkstock(SALISBURY, U.K.) — Novichok may sound like a villain from a James Bond movie, but it’s actually a chemical weapon. The nerve agent has been blamed for the almost fatal poisoning of a former Russian [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri dicamba injury reports exceed last year
The number of off-target dicamba injuries reported in Missouri is more than the number reported by this time last year. As of Monday, 112 complaint allegations have been made involving dicamba injury to susceptible crops, [Read More…]
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Producer sentiment sees small increase despite trade uncertainty
A recent survey shows producer sentiment is up slightly despite trade disputes and low commodity prices. Ag economist Jim Mintert says the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose two points to 143 because farmers [Read More…]
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The great divide
Commentary. Sitting in the alleyway of our “big” barn sipping Coca-Colas while trying to cool down after long hours in the heat of the day, we caught up with a neighbor we hadn’t seen for [Read More…]
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Conditions vary across the Midwest
A meteorologist says field conditions vary across the Midwest as farmers face one of the hottest summers on record. Michael Clark is the co-owner and meteorologist of Indiana-based BAM Weather. “With the third warmest June [Read More…]
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Analyst says tariff impacts felt more at harvest
Grains and oilseeds analyst Steve Nicholson says China’s tariff on soybeans imported from the U.S. will have more impact after harvest begins. Nicholson, who is with Rabo AgriFinance, tells Brownfield most of China’s summer soybean [Read More…]
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Facebook blocks, then restores Declaration of Independence post
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A newspaper serially publishing the Declaration of Independence on social media this week got an unexpected surprise: Facebook had blocked one of the posts. The Liberty County Vindicator, a newspaper in southeastern Texas, [Read More…]
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HHS officials working to meet deadline on migrant family reunification
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that the administration is working to meet a court-ordered deadline on ensuring that migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border be [Read More…]
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US insists it’s not softening its demands as Pompeo heads to North Korea
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flying to North Korea for his fourth round of meetings with nuclear negotiators, as the Trump administration insists it is not backing down from its demand for [Read More…]
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2018 NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon
Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground in Kansas City on Tuesday, July 10 for the 2018 NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon Continue reading 2018 NAFB Agribusiness Luncheon at Brownfield Ag News.
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June was abnormally wet, hot and humid for Illinois
June weather ended abnormally hot and humid in Illinois. State Climatologist Jim Angel tells Brownfield, temperatures ran about three degrees above normal for June and precipitation was two inches above normal. “When we look at [Read More…]
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Tariffs expected to beat already depressed milk prices
Analysts say dairy farmers could be further into the red for the remaindered of the year if dairy tariffs go into effect this week. National Milk Producers Federation economists say Mexico’s retaliatory tariffs on most [Read More…]
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Weekly ethanol production holds near recent highs
U.S. ethanol production backed off a little last week but stayed near the 2018 highs. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.067 million barrels a day, down 5,000 on the week, but still [Read More…]
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Newsrooms hold moment of silence Thursday in honor of Capital Gazette shooting victims
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — It’s been an emotional week for the survivors of the shooting at a newspaper office in Maryland, marked with tributes to their slain colleagues. First there was confusion over the [Read More…]