Year: 2018
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Bank leader says crop insurance critical in the next farm bill
A leader with the American Bankers Association says it’s critical that Congress maintains a strong commodity title in the next Farm Bill. Ed Elfmann, the senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking policy, says [Read More…]
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IL Farm Bureau hopeful solar bill will get through
The Illinois Farm Bureau is pleased to see several bills working their way through the state legislature dealing with solar construction on farmland. Farm Bureau’s state legislation director Kevin Semlow tells Brownfield Ag News the [Read More…]
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Roundtable focuses on beef sustainability
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has begun a 60-day public comment period on its Sustainability Framework. Roundtable chairperson Kim Stackhouse-Lawson of JBS USA says the framework focuses on, among other things, succession planning from [Read More…]
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Police searching desperately for persons who fired on undercover ATF agents, injuring 1
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — More than 100 local and federal officials are combing parts of Chicago as authorities try to track down the people responsible for shooting at undercover agents, injuring one, in the early morning hours [Read More…]
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un scores surprising favorability among South Koreans after summit
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — The well-choreographed production of last week’s promising summit between North and South Korea appears to have given a boost to public approval ratings for the countries’ two leaders among South Koreans. South Korean [Read More…]
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Data usage, insurance and family plans? Tips on saving on your cellphone bill
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With T-Mobile and Sprint opting to merge and promising lower prices, wireless wars are starting to heat up — but consumers don’t have to wait to start saving on their wireless bills, [Read More…]
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InSight, NASA’s latest mission, hopes to dig deep into Mars’ surface
NASA(NEW YORK) — InSight will do more than light up the skies over California when it launches Saturday morning — it will launch on a daring mission to find out if Mars has quakes and [Read More…]
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Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference
On June 13-14, 2018 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference in Dubuque, IA. Continue reading Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference at Brownfield Ag News.
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Gasoline on an open Farm Bill flame
House Agriculture Committee Chair Mike Conaway (R, TX) last week poured gasoline on the open flame of the 2018 Farm Bill controversy, and say what you will about the iron-willed committee chair, it likely wasn’t [Read More…]
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New Facebook transparency efforts heavily criticized ahead of Irish abortion referendum
Facebook(DUBLIN) — Facebook’s latest effort to prevent the spread of misinformation by groups such as the Russians, who according to the FBI meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is getting mixed reviews during a [Read More…]
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Authorities search for ‘person of interest’ in woman’s stabbing death at upscale mall
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Authorities are searching for a “person of interest” after a woman was found stabbed to death outside an upscale shopping mall in Southern California. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department [Read More…]
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Kansas bill protects adoption agencies that cite religious beliefs to reject LGBT homes
iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — Faith-based agencies in Kansas will likely be allowed to provide adoption or foster care services for the state even if they refuse to place children in homes that conflict with their [Read More…]
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Arizona teachers end their six-day walkout
iStock/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) — Students are headed back to the classroom after teachers ended their six-day walkout in Arizona, the latest state to join a nationwide wave calling for better pay and more school funding. On Friday [Read More…]
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Lava from volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys two homes
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]
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NRA to host company with ties to sanctioned Russians at annual convention
Amazon(DALLAS) — An ammunition distributor with ties to a recently sanctioned Russian oligarch is listed among the expected exhibitors at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings opening in Dallas, Texas, on Friday. TulAmmo USA is [Read More…]
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Freehold woman shot dead in New Jersey while driving home
WABC-TV(FREEHOLD, N.J.) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman as she was driving on a rural stretch of highway in Freehold, New Jersey, according to the Monmouth [Read More…]
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Farmers Union critical of farm policy and unequal treatment in Arla milk contract termination
The Wisconsin Farmers Union President says Arla Foods decision to drop 11 dairy farms is another example of failed government policy. Darin Von Ruden says Congress removed the market stabilization feature from the 2014 Farm [Read More…]
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USDA releases proposed biotech labeling rule, seeks public comment
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has introduced a proposed rule on biotech labeling and is requesting public comment by July 3. The bill mandating GMO labeling on food and beverage products was signed into law [Read More…]
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School superintendent arrested for repeatedly defecating on another school’s property
Holmdel Township Police Department(HOLMDEL, N.J.) — The superintendent of a New Jersey school district has been arrested for repeatedly defecating on a neighboring school’s property, police said. Thomas Tramaglini, the superintendent of the Kenilworth School [Read More…]
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Trump says date, location set for meeting with Kim Jong Un
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a date and location has been set for his upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un. “The trip is being scheduled,” Trump said as he departed the White [Read More…]