Year: 2018
Ag News
Second Smithfield ‘nuisance’ trial is underway in North Carolina
A second “nuisance” trial involving the world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield, is underway in Raleigh, North Carolina. Local residents claim that a hog farm contracted with Smithfield uses an inadequate waste-disposal method that emits unpleasant [Read More…]
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U.S. farm export projections grow
The USDA’s latest export projection is an improvement from the February forecast. “Now we’re a little bit above Fiscal Year 2017,” said USDA Chief Economist Rob Johansson. The new forecast is $142.5 billion. That’s $3 [Read More…]
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CME dairy markets down again Friday
The dairy markets were lower again Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three June milk was down $.08 to $15.49. July was down $.15 to $16.23. August was down $.08 to $16.79. September was [Read More…]
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Trade talks continue in China
Trade negotiations in Beijing this weekend will focus on U.S. exports to China. Asian media is reporting the weekend talks will likely focus on how much American soybeans, beef, and energy products will be brought [Read More…]
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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…]
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‘Just an overreaction’ for officers to repeatedly punch woman: Defense attorney
Wildwood Police(WILDWOOD, N.J.) — The attorney for a 20-year-old woman who was punched multiple times by police on a New Jersey beach insisted on Thursday that officers reacted excessively. “What they did to her was [Read More…]
Ag News
Jaspers resigning as SD Ag Secretary
South Dakota Ag Secretary Mike Jaspers is resigning to take a job with an electric co-op in the state. Governor Dennis Daugaard says Jaspers “knowledge and experience have strengthened the department.” Jasper’s resignation will be effective July [Read More…]
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Senators ask Perdue for MPP sign-up extension
Several U.S. Senators have asked the USDA to extend the June 1st Margin Protection Program sign-up deadline by thirty days. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith says the extension would help the dairy farmers who are also [Read More…]
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U.S. hog farmers brace for trade retaliation
The U.S. hog sector is expressing deep concern as the Trump Administration expands its steel and aluminum import tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. Minnesota Pork Producers Association CEO David Preisler says [Read More…]