Month: November 2018
FCS America Growing On meeting
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 17 for FCS America Growing On meeting. Continue reading FCS America Growing On meeting at Brownfield Ag News.
NASS surveys start in December
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is about to begin its annual survey of crop and livestock producers. The data will be used in the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report out December 21st and the [Read More…]
Kansas cattle traceability project is making good progress, official says
A cattle disease traceability pilot project in Kansas, which could serve as a model for a national traceability program, is making good progress, according to one of the organizers. Kansas Livestock Association CEO Matt Teagarden [Read More…]
Russia bringing captured Ukrainian sailors to court
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russia on Tuesday was preparing to bring criminal charges against some of the sailors from the three Ukrainian navy ships that it seized close to Crimea over the weekend. Twelve of the 24 [Read More…]
Cyber Monday smashes sales records
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Online sales records were shattered as shoppers spent $7.8 billion on Cyber Monday. ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis reports on the deals still available as Cyber Monday has become a weeklong shopping extravaganza. [Read More…]
USDA Undersecretary Ted McKinney’s update on trade deal progress
Farmers are want to know about markets and the present trade situation. USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Ag Affairs Ted McKinney has an update on today’s Managing for Profit. Continue reading USDA Undersecretary Ted [Read More…]
Three US service members killed in Afghanistan by roadside blast
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Three U.S. service members were killed and three others were wounded by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, according to the NATO-led training mission in that country. The incident took place [Read More…]
Nebraska woman arrested following an apparent case of road rage
An apparent case of road rage has landed a Nebraska woman in jail. According to court documents 37 year old Jennifer Stacy of Valentine was apparently upset the vehicle behind her was following her too [Read More…]
Turkish investigators search for Khashoggi remains
MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images(ISTANBUL) — Investigators in Istanbul have searched two adjacent villas in a remote village in northwestern Turkey as part of the hunt for the remains of Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post columnist’s body [Read More…]
US Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan likely died from friendly fire
Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Army Ranger’s death in Afghanistan this weekend while fighting al Qaeda militants was likely the result of accidental friendly fire from the Afghan forces he was accompanying, according to [Read More…]
Demonstrators shut down major highway to protest fatal police shooting at Alabama mall
ABC News(HOOVER, Ala.) — Demonstrators shut down a major Alabama highway during rush hour Monday in protest of an officer-involved shooting that left an innocent black man dead. Several dozen protesters blocked traffic on U.S. [Read More…]
US won’t ‘confirm or deny’ charge against Wikileaks’ Assange
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — Supporters of embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are expected to ask a U.S. district court judge Tuesday to unseal the mystery case against Assange that prosecutors mistakenly revealed recently in [Read More…]
Heavy snow in the Northeast as multiple storms target West Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Heavy rain and snow are expected Tuesday morning in the Northeast, after the East Coast already saw 1 to 2 inches of rain on Monday and parts of southern Vermont got [Read More…]
One killed, four injured by out-of-control minivan in New York City
WABC(NEW YORK) — One person was killed and four were injured when a 70-year-old man lost control of a minivan near the Chinatown neighborhood in Manhattan shortly before 7 p.m. Monday. The elderly driver apparently [Read More…]
Over 1,400 flights canceled on busy travel Monday amid stormy weather
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Over 1,400 flights were canceled on this post-Thanksgiving Monday as a dangerous snowstorm tore through the Midwest before heading to the Northeast as rain. Airlines were forced to cancel over 1,200 flights [Read More…]
US-Mexico border reopened after migrants attempt to breach fence: Border Patrol
Mario Tama/Getty Images(SAN YSIDRO, Calif.) — U.S. border officials have reopened a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border after a group of migrants tried to illegally enter the country, prompting U.S. Customs and Border [Read More…]
After Haley condemns Russian escalation, Trump says US doesn’t ‘like’ new tensions with Ukraine ‘either way’
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One day after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in waters between the two countries, President Donald Trump weighed in to say the U.S. does “not like what’s happening.” His [Read More…]
MO Governor’s Mansion spruce arrives
A 40-foot Norway spruce tree from Lebanon, Missouri has been brought to the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City. It’ll be displayed on the grounds outside. The tree had gotten too big for its original space [Read More…]
Soybean Checkoff “more important now than ever”
A United Soybean director from Kentucky says the checkoff is more important now than it’s ever been, “We feel like – well, we know – that without this investment that the bean prices would suffer [Read More…]
95% of Indiana corn and soybeans harvested
Corn and soybean harvest inched along in Indiana this week because of continued wet and cool conditions. According to the latest USDA Crop and Weather Report, 95 percent of corn and soybeans are harvested. The [Read More…]
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