Year: 2018
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Improvements to Commodity Title in new farm bill
A farm management specialist says farmers will benefit from changes to the ARC and PLC programs, as well as crop insurance in the new farm bill. University of Illinois farm management specialist Gary Schnitkey says [Read More…]
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2019 Corn Palace murals complete
The final ear of the 2019 Corn Palace mural theme, “Salute to Military” was nailed in place Wednesday afternoon thanks to the persistent efforts of the decorating crew and a little help from Mother Nature. [Read More…]
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A tour through the ‘floating island’ that 100,000 Rohingya refugees may have to call home
ABC News(BHASAN CHAR, Bangladesh) — Miles off the coast of Bangladesh, deep within the Bay of Bengal, is a low-lying, flood-prone island that the Bangladeshi government hopes to be the new home for the hundreds [Read More…]
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Video shows harrowing moment 5-year-old wakes up alone on locked school bus
iStock/jetcityimage(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) — It’s heartwrenching video that any parent or caregiver of a child would find difficult to watch: a 5-year-old crying after he wakes up alone in a locked, empty school bus. That’s what [Read More…]
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Marine Corps veteran thwarts armed suspect demanding cash from bar
iStock/Thinkstock(ALTOONA, Pennsylvania) — An armed suspect probably didn’t consider that the man he or she was demanding money from would be trained in combat. Surveillance video released by the Altoona Police Department shows a hooded [Read More…]
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Korean airlines raise cancellation fees after K-pop fans delay a flight
iStock/AlexeyPetrov(SEOUL) — Two South Korean airlines announced a penalty increase on Tuesday to passengers who cancel international flights, a few days after extreme K-pop fans insisted on a refund minutes before takeoff. Korean Air and [Read More…]
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Florida authorities searching for gunman who shot, killed 15-year-old walking to school
Facebook/OrangeCoSheriff(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Authorities in Florida are searching for clues to find the gunman who shot and killed a 15-year-old walking to school on Monday morning. Alejandro Vargas, a sophomore at Boone High School in [Read More…]
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Brexit preparations: Troops on standby as businesses are ‘watching in horror’
iStock/LanceB(LONDON) — The U.K. government is stepping up its preparations for a “no-deal Brexit,” including placing the military on standby. The country has been trying to figure out how to manage a Brexit — wherein [Read More…]
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An ‘unspeakable tragedy’: Connecticut town stunned by arrest of 12-year-old in killing of twin sister
iStock/madsci(HARTFORD, Connecticut) — A 12-year-old boy allegedly killed his twin sister by stabbing her in the neck and torso and attacking his mother, a prominent lobbyist, in what a family friend described as an “unspeakable [Read More…]
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Royals gather for Queen’s pre-Christmas lunch
Instagram/@kensingtonroyal(LONDON) — The royals are getting into the Christmas spirit ahead of the holiday. Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, among other members of the royal family, attended the Queen’s annual pre-Christmas [Read More…]
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U.S. and China to talk in January
Trade talks continue between the U.S. and China. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Bloomberg the two countries have had several rounds of talks in recent weeks and plan to meet in person in January to [Read More…]
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Multi-year approach to weed management
Farmers continue to manage weeds with a multi-year approach. Winfield United agronomist Andy Schmidt says herbicide-resistance makes planning ahead essential. “My strategy is looking at the current weed spectrum I’m working with. Do I have [Read More…]
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Cattle, hog futures mixed ahead of USDA reports
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed in limited trade volume on position squaring ahead of Thursday’s Cattle on Feed report and Friday’s Cold Storage report. Feeder cattle futures closed weak, pressured [Read More…]
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Soybeans down despite new sale to China
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. China bought another 1,199,000 million tons of U.S. beans Wednesday morning, but traders bought the rumor Tuesday and then sold the fact. That’s still more than [Read More…]
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Perdue relieved WOTUS is getting reworked
The head of USDA says he’s relieved changes were made to the WOTUS rule. During a roundtable discussion in Tennessee Tuesday, Sonny Perdue described a scenario that could’ve played out under the old definition. “A [Read More…]
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Oregon couple finds black Santa Claus inflatable slashed in front yard: ‘It felt like a hate crime’
iStock/elenaleonova(BETHANY, Oregon) — A black couple who decorates their house every year for the holidays recently found their inflatable black Santa Claus destroyed not even a day after they put it up in their front [Read More…]
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New text-to-911 feature helps police save suicidal man: Report
iStock/Preto_perola(BOSTON) — A new text-to-911 feature recently released by a Massachusetts police department helped officers to save a suicidal man, according to a report. On Wednesday morning, the Randolph Police Department received 911 texts detailing [Read More…]
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Girl with cochlear implants gets classroom elf just like her
iStock/goodmoments(JOHNSON CITY, N.Y.) — When a little girl who wears cochlear implants was out of school, magic happened. Ann Redmore is a first grader at St. James School in Johnson City, New York. Earlier this [Read More…]
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‘This holiday will never be the same’: Officers killed by train leave behind daughters 1 week before Christmas
Twitter/@AJGuglielmi(CHICAGO) — Two Chicago police officers who were chasing a suspected gunman when they were hit and killed by a train Monday have left behind wives and children just one week before Christmas. “For these [Read More…]
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South Dakota woman found dead in vehicle was shot and killed, officials say
iStock/Thinkstock(COLUMBIA, Missouri) — A South Dakota woman found dead in her vehicle earlier this month had been fatally shot, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Officials said in a news release Tuesday that troopers [Read More…]