Month: December 2018
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Genetics, testing cooperatives plan to merge
Two livestock genetics cooperatives plan to merge early next year. The boards of directors for Wisconsin based East Central/Select Sires and Michigan based NorthStar Cooperative unanimously agreed to pursue the merger starting May 1st if [Read More…]
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Green Beret’s wife welcomes President Donald Trump’s offer to review murder case
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The wife of a former Green Beret who is charged with murder in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010 welcomes President Donald Trump’s tweet [Read More…]
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CBS denies $120 million severance payout to former CEO Les Moonves
Tara Ziemba/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — CBS has decided to deny former CEO Leslie Moonves a $120 million payout after an investigation found there were “grounds to terminate for cause,” according to a statement from the [Read More…]
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Green Beret’s attorney welcomes Trump offer to review murder case
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The attorney for a former Green Beret charged with murder in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010 welcomed President Donald Trump’s tweet that he [Read More…]
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USDA’s broadband program will help rural Americans
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says the USDA’s $600 million grant and loan program couldn’t have come at a better time. He says the USDA is bringing rural Americans one step closer to high-speed [Read More…]
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A farm ID’d in romaine outbreak recalls other products
The FDA has traced a multi-state outbreak of E. coli in romaine lettuce to a farm in Santa Barbara, California but says other farms could still be implicated. It says a positive sample result for [Read More…]
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Fort Wayne Farm Show
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground at the Fort Wayne Farm Show January 15 at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Continue reading Fort Wayne Farm Show at Brownfield [Read More…]
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Dry parts of Brazil have attention of the market
The market is watching an increasingly dry situation in South America. Kluis Commodities president Al Kluis tells Brownfield up to 30 percent of some of the main corn and soybean areas of central Brazil have [Read More…]
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Cooperatives Working Together arranges new export assistance deal
Cooperatives Working Together has announced a new export assistance contract which will help sell almost two million pounds of cheese and more than three million pounds of whole milk powder. The powder, the Cheddar, and [Read More…]
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Egypt discovers 4,400-year-old priest tomb in ‘exceptional’ condition
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — An Egyptian archeological mission in the south of Cairo unveiled a 4,400-year-old tomb maintained in an “exceptionally well-preserved condition,” according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Antiquities. The tomb [Read More…]
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UPS Store Twitter account gets heat for icy tweet on letters to Santa
alexey_ds/iStock(NEW YORK) — @TheUPSStore, the official Twitter account for retail locations of the shipping company, may have set some sort of bleak record for the most Grinch GIF (pronounced “jif”) replies after tweeting out what [Read More…]
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Woman sues the father of her missing toddler: ‘Tell me the truth about what really happened
DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) — The mother of Ayla Reynolds, a Maine toddler who vanished in 2011, is filing a wrongful death suit against the little girl’s father in an effort to learn “the truth about what [Read More…]
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2018 Farm Bill changes help hemp producers
A Wisconsin Farm Bureau official says the farm bill package sent to President Trump opens the door for legal industrial hemp production without a state pilot program. Rob Richard says, “It’s a really exciting time [Read More…]
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2019 Missouri Governor’s Ag Conference preview
The upcoming 2019 Governor’s Conference on Agriculture has been designed with farmers in mind. Missouri Agriculture director Chris Chinn and her staff toured the state last year, in lieu of a conference, to find out [Read More…]
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What’s healthy about cherries?
About five U.S. states produce both sour and sweet cherries and both are a good source of vitamin C. Cherries also have fiber. And, like other fruits, have antioxidants that can help prevent cancer and [Read More…]
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Ukraine moves towards separate church, as conflict with Russia leads to major schism
GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Ukraine has taken a major step towards creating its own independent Orthodox church, separating it from Russia’s and deepening what is one of the most important splits in Orthodox Christianity in [Read More…]
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Egypt discovers 4,400-year-old priest tomb in ‘exceptional’ condition
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — An Egyptian archeological mission in the south of Cairo unveiled a 4,400-year-old tomb maintained in an “exceptionally well-preserved condition,” according to a statement by the country’s Ministry of Antiquities. The tomb [Read More…]
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Brexit, Yellow Vest movement test leadership of Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron in critical times
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(LONDON) — After the most bruising week yet of Theresa May’s embattled premiership, she survived the closest attempt yet to oust her from power. The United Kingdom prime minister now faces looming [Read More…]
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Cattle disease traceability discussion is gaining traction
The discussion about disease traceability is gaining traction in the cattle industry. Cattle groups across the U.S. are watching the progress of the Kansas cattle ID pilot project called CattleTrace. Brandon Depenbusch with Innovative Livestock [Read More…]
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Nebraska Ethanol Forum
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Omaha, Nebraska March 7-8 for the Nebraska Ethanol Forum. Continue reading Nebraska Ethanol Forum at Brownfield Ag News.