Year: 2018
Ag News
What’s happened with the dairy price cycle?
Is the dairy price cycle a thing of the past? Ben Laine is senior economist with CoBank and he tells Brownfield Ag News, “It’s hard to say where we are exactly. It used to be [Read More…]
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A Winter-like “look & feel” on the Great Plains
Across the Corn Belt, snow showers and squalls are limited to areas downwind of the Great Lakes. Elsewhere, cold, dry weather is conducive to corn and soybean harvest activities in fields where soils are [Read More…]
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Technology to play big role in crop insurance
The head of Rural Community Insurance Services says technology will play an important role in crop insurance. Speaking to Brownfield during Trade Talk at the 2018 NAFB Convention in Kansas City, Mike Day said precision [Read More…]
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Is soil health a buzz word?
Soil health is getting more and more attention in the ag industry, but Todd Martin with the Independent Professional Seed Association wonders if it’s becoming a buzz word. “Everybody’s talking about it,” he says. “It’s [Read More…]
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Cold wave to dominate the Heartland
A Santa Ana wind event will persist during the next few days in parts of California, maintaining an elevated wildfire threat. Warmth will accompany California’s offshore winds, but much of the remainder of the [Read More…]
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Shooting at Calif. bar leaves 12 dead including officer, suspect identified
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — At least 12 people, including an officer, were killed when a gunman burst into a packed Southern California bar overnight and opened fire, authorities said. The lone suspect, 28-year-old Ian David [Read More…]
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Bar patrons in Thousand Oaks turned into heroes after gunfire rang out
@Jeremy_Childs/Twitter (LOS ANGELES) — When a gunman opened fire inside a country western bar in California, patrons who had been dancing and having a festive time mustered the bravery to save others, breaking windows to [Read More…]
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Google CEO announces changes to company’s sexual conduct policies
Google(MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif.) — A week after a massive walk out of its employees, Google says changing how it handles sexual misconduct cases. In an email to employees Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the [Read More…]
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‘El Chapo’s’ bid for hugs gets the cold shoulder from the judge
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is too hot to touch, a New York federal judge ruled on Thursday. The ruling denied a request filed on Wednesday by attorneys for the world’s most notorious [Read More…]
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JK Rowling sues former personal assistant for $31,000: Report
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — The author of the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling is suing her former personal assistant for $31,000 (24,000 pounds) for allegedly spending thousands on unauthorized transactions on a business credit card. [Read More…]
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SE Nebraska farmer reports above-average yields
Southeast Nebraska farmer Don Bloss says his corn, soybean and grain sorghum yields this fall were above-average, despite a wide variation in rainfall throughout the growing season. Bloss says conditions were dry through most of [Read More…]
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Another good week for wheat export sales
The USDA says wheat export sales for the week ending November 1st topped most pre-report estimates, the third week in a row with generally larger than expected sales. Physical shipments of corn remain ahead of [Read More…]
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Mass shootings ‘increasing’ and pose ‘most serious threat’ in US, expert says
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The shooting at a country bar in California now adds another deadly line on the growing list of mass shootings in the U.S. this year. So far, there have been at least [Read More…]
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Shooting at Calif. bar leaves 12 dead including officer, suspect identified
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — At least 12 people, including an officer, were killed when a gunman burst into a packed Southern California bar overnight and opened fire, authorities said. The lone suspect, 28-year-old Ian David [Read More…]
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Officer among 12 killed in mass shooting at California bar
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — At least 12 people were killed and at least 10 others injured when a gunman burst into a packed Southern California bar overnight and opened fire, authorities said. The lone suspect, [Read More…]
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Thousand Oaks mass shooter identified, used legally purchased .45-caliber handgun: Officials
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — The shooter in a killing rampage at a country western bar in Thousand Oaks, California, has been identified as former U.S. Marine Ian David Long, officials said. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff [Read More…]
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California mass shooter identified, used legally purchased gun: Officials
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — The shooter in a killing rampage at a country western bar in Thousand Oaks, California, has been identified as David Ian Long, multiple law enforcement officials told ABC News. Neighbors told [Read More…]
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USDA expects corn to surpass soybeans in 2019
The USDA recently released some crop and livestock projections for next year, which the department traditionally does this time of year as part of the federal budgeting process. Included in the statistical guesses are acreage [Read More…]
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Officer among 12 killed in mass shooting at California bar
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — At least 12 people were killed and at least 10 others injured when a gunman burst into a packed Southern California bar, tossing smoke grenades and firing dozens of rounds, witnesses [Read More…]
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‘A guy was able to throw me out the window’: Woman who survived California shooting
KABC-TV(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — After a man dressed in black blasted his way into a Thousand Oaks, California, bar late Wednesday, throwing smoke bombs and firing multiple rounds, at least two women escaped after a [Read More…]