Year: 2018
News
Marriott’s data breach is large, but it’s not the largest
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Marriott International data breach on Friday affected up to 500 million customers — larger than the entire U.S. population — but it’s not the latest large-scale hack to hit a corporation. [Read More…]
Ag News
Investing in agriculture in the Midwest
The managing director of Chicago-based S2G Ventures says consumer trends have a major impact on investments in food and agriculture. Aaron Rudberg says originally seen as fads, the demand for fresh foods, transparency, clean labels, [Read More…]
Ag News
CoBank: Blockchain’s exciting but pump the brakes
Blockchain technology is getting a lot of attention but an ag economist with CoBank says “pump the brakes.” Will Secor tells Brownfield blockchain is exciting but there are issues with the transfer of information from [Read More…]
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Workshops aimed at tapping Mexico’s ethanol market
Ron Lamberty of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) says there’s an opportunity to increase Mexico’s use of 10 percent ethanol blended gasoline. Lamberty recently returned from Mexico City where he was conducting workshops for [Read More…]
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Cattle, hog futures fade into the weekend
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed mixed waiting for direction as the cash cattle trade remained in a standoff most of the day. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s higher move [Read More…]
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Soybeans, corn up on G20 hopes
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. The G20 got underway Friday and there was some optimism in the trade ahead of talks between the U.S. and China expected to occur Saturday. Still, this [Read More…]
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Former Dallas officer Amber Guyger indicted on murder charge for killing man in wrong apartment
Kaufman County Jail(DALLAS) — An ex-Dallas police officer accused of killing an unarmed man in his apartment has been indicted on a murder charge, records showed Friday. Amber Guyger, who is white, allegedly mistook the [Read More…]
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Large earthquake rocks Anchorage, Alaska, causing ‘major infrastructure damage’
NOAA(NEW YORK) — A massive earthquake, — registering 7.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey — rocked Anchorage, Alaska Friday, sending debris crashing to the ground, damaging buildings and causing “major infrastructure damage,” officials [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Storm Warning issued November 30 at 1:46PM MST until December 02 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…Significant Winter Storm Expected This Weekend… …WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow with light icing. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 13 inches and [Read More…]
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Passengers terrified after part of engine cover flies off plane during flight to Tampa
Michael Francis McElroy/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — A Frontier Airlines plane bound for Tampa was forced to return to Las Vegas after an engine malfunction, according to the airline. On Friday morning, a section of the [Read More…]
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‘It’s still a bit of a mystery’: 51 more beached whales die in New Zealand
Department of Conservation(NEW YORK) — Fifty-one more pilot whales beached themselves and died in New Zealand, raising to nearly 200 the number that have done so over the past week. The New Zealand Department of [Read More…]
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All 3 on board corporate jet die when it crashes in Indiana: State police
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — All three people on board a corporate jet have died after the plane crashed in a rural, wooded area of southern Indiana, the Indiana State Police said Friday. The crash took place [Read More…]
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New Jersey mansion fire suspect accused of murdering brother’s family pleads not guilty
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man accused of murdering his brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew then setting their mansion ablaze before torching his own home nearby has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Paul [Read More…]
Ag News
Bushel Plus grain loss prevention system
Bushel Plus is a product designed to help farmers understand the grain loss they might be experiencing out of the combine. At a recent precision ag conference in Saskatoon, we discussed the Bushel Plus system with global channel sales director Matt [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag Hopes for Trade, Farm Bill Wins this Week
Agriculture, never shy making its wants and needs known to power, is hoping for a two-fer this coming week. First, business and industry broadly and agriculture most specifically want to wake up Sunday morning to [Read More…]
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NASCAR driver sees parallels between farming and racing
The No. 14 DEKALB® brand Ford Fusion race car debuted at the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race weekend Oct. 19-21 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer drove the DEKALB [Read More…]
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Skepticism greets EPA 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations
Most biofuel groups say the Renewable Volume Obligations for 2019 look good on paper. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield he’s pleased the EPA maintained the 15 billion-gallon statutory requirement for conventional ethanol [Read More…]
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Michigan Farm Bureau policy diverse as the state
Michigan Farm Bureau members amended more than 100 policies at this year’s annual meeting which stretch from cell-cultured meat to animal welfare, industrial hemp and more. Policy Development Chair Andy Haganow tells Brownfield more than [Read More…]
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Deputy US Marshal shot and killed while serving federal warrant
iStock/Thinkstock(TUCSON, Ariz.) — A deputy U.S. Marshal was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday evening in Tucson, Arizona. The marshal was shot while trying to serve a felony warrant to 26-year-old Ryan [Read More…]
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Magnitude 6.7 quake rocks Anchorage, Alaska: Officials
NOAA(NEW YORK) — A massive earthquake, — registering 7.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey — rocked Anchorage, Alaska Friday, sending debris crashing to the ground, damaging buildings and causing “major infrastructure damage,” officials [Read More…]