Year: 2018
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Heavy rain, strong winds moving into Northeast ahead of weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A large storm system moving through the Gulf Coast brought a November tornado outbreak to the region on Thursday with 16 reported tornadoes. Now, the storm system is moving into the [Read More…]
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Tennessee whiskey makers moody over Trump tariff tiff
iStock/Thinkstock(PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum have left Tennessee whiskey and other moonshine makers feeling moody as they cope with the international backlash and higher import costs. The [Read More…]
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Target unveils early look into its Black Friday deals
Target Brands, Inc.(NEW YORK) — Now that Halloween is over, Americans are turning their attention to the next big holiday — Thanksgiving — and of course, Black Friday. Target on Thursday unveiled a sneak peek [Read More…]
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Parents sickened after Halloween candy tests positive for meth
Washington County Sheriff’s Office(ALOHA, Ore.) — Parents’ worst fears about trick or treating came true in one town in Oregon. Candy handed out on Halloween night by someone in the town of Aloha, Oregon, tested [Read More…]
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Pilot arrested for being 10 times over alcohol limit less than an hour before takeoff
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Just 50 minutes before a flight from London to Japan was scheduled to depart, the pilot was arrested for having almost 10 times the legal amount of alcohol allowed in his system. First [Read More…]
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Feds launch hate-crime probe in double slaying at Kentucky Kroger store
iStock/Thinkstock(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — The FBI has launched a federal hate-crime investigation into the double slaying of two African-American shoppers at a Kentucky grocery store as murder charges were filed against the suspect, a man who [Read More…]
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Bradley says new EPA dicamba registration raises questions
Missouri Weed Scientist Kevin Bradley tells Brownfield Ag News the new EPA registration for dicamba over-the-top application is a concern in Missouri. The EPA says it can be applied 45 days after soybean planting, “Some areas have a [Read More…]
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Missouri yields vary widely from field to field
A northern Missouri farmer had widely varying yields depending on the severity of drought. Joshlyn Yoder says part of his farm was in an area that was hurt by extreme dry weather midway through the [Read More…]
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Cattle futures higher ahead of widespread direct trade
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed mostly higher ahead of anticipated stronger cash trade and strength in the outside markets. Stronger wholesale values were also supportive. December live cattle closed $.17 higher at $117.12 and [Read More…]
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Soybeans supported by possible trade talks
Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying. Thursday morning, President Trump tweeted he and President Xi will meet later this month at the G20 summit in Argentina. Nothing has been officially scheduled, at [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 1, 2018
Dec. corn closed at $3.66 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 cents Nov. soybeans closed at $8.69, up 30 cents Dec. soybean meal closed at $313.40, up $7.00 Dec. soybean oil closed at 28.32, up 30 points Dec. wheat closed at $5.08, up 7 and 1/2 cents Dec. [Read More…]
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Detectives investigating activity of Saudi sisters in NYC before they were found dead, bound together in Hudson River
NYPD(NEW YORK) — New York City investigators believe that the two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies were found bound together with duct tape floating along the Hudson River last week were alive when they [Read More…]
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Dallas police searching for armed serial rapist targeting apartment complexes
Dallas Police Department(DALLAS) — Authorities in Dallas, Texas are on the lookout for an armed suspect that may be linked to three separate aggravated sexual assaults. The assaults occurred at three different North Dallas apartment [Read More…]
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Dog shoots man, man survives, defends dog: ‘He didn’t mean to do it’
iStock/Thinkstock(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) — A dog named Charlie shot a man named “Tex” on the way to a jackrabbit hunt in the New Mexico desert. “It went through my ribs my lung and busted up [Read More…]
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Parents receive $11K towards baby’s college fund for naming her after KFC’s Colonel Sanders
KFC(SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina) — A baby named Harland Rose now has $11,000 to put towards her college fund thanks to KFC and their notably famous chicken salesman. Harland was given her name after Kentucky [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy product production slowing
The USDA says production of most dairy products during September slowed except for skim milk powder. Total cheese production was more than one billion pounds, up more than three percent from last year, but down [Read More…]
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Low milk prices will last longer with larger farms
A new report from CoBank suggests the shift to larger dairy farms could lead to longer periods of lower prices. Senior dairy economist Ben Laine tells Brownfield the dairy markets have traditionally followed three-year price [Read More…]
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Michigan Sugar expects smaller harvest
The Michigan Sugar Company says a dry growing season has reduced the sugar content of this year’s beat crop. Executive Vice President Jim Ruhlman tells Brownfield sugarbeet harvest in the state is about two-thirds complete. “The [Read More…]
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USDA partnering abroad to reduce ASF spreading
The Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs says USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is working with other countries to reduce the spread of African Swine Fever abroad. Ted McKinney says increased international [Read More…]
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EPA’s Wheeler on dicamba two-year registration
The EPA has re-registered dicamba products but only for two years. Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler tells Brownfield Ag News why, “This is an important pesticide that a lot of people depend on but there’s also [Read More…]