Month: January 2019
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Two dead, two critical after shooting near Penn State
kali9/iStock(STATE COLLEGE, Pa.) — Two people are dead and two others were last reported in critical condition after a shooting near Penn State University. The shooter killed a woman and injured two others at the [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Chill Advisory issued January 24 at 8:27PM MST until January 25 at 2:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero but becoming less cold by Friday morning. * WHERE…Portions of central, [Read More…]
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Family kicked off American Airline flight due to complaints about their body odor
lavendertime/iStock(MIAMI) — A family vacationing in Miami said they were booted from an American Airlines flight this week due to complaints about their odor. Yossi and Jennie Adler said they were forced off a flight [Read More…]
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lavendertime/iStock(MIAMI) — A family vacationing in Miami said they were booted from an American Airlines flight this week due to complaints about their odor. Yossi and Jennie Adler said they were forced off a flight [Read More…]
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5 women gunned down in Florida bank in apparent ‘random act’: Police
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SEBRING, Fla.) — Five people — all women — were gunned down inside a Florida bank in an apparent “random” mass shooting, police said Thursday. Authorities raced to the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, [Read More…]
Ag News
House Ag Committee gets new members
There are 15 new members on the House Agriculture Committee. Among a dozen new Democrats on the panel are Cindy Axne, representing Iowa’s Third District, and Angie Craig of Minnesota’s Second District. Three new Republicans [Read More…]
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House Ag Committee chairs announced
House Ag Chairman Collin Peterson has announced who will lead subcommittees for the 116th Congress. The six chairs elected include Ohio’s Marcia Fudge who will oversee the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations as [Read More…]
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Cattle futures supported by higher boxed beef
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mostly higher in a narrow range ahead of widespread direct cash business and firm wholesale values during the session. Feeder cattle futures found some support in [Read More…]
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Trade and government shutdown dominate farm expo discussion
Trade and the government shutdown are overshadowing every other topic at the MN Ag Expo in Mankato, Minnesota. Minnesota Corn Growers Association executive director Adam Birr says the shutdown is being discussed even more than [Read More…]
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Corn, winter wheat give back some gains
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Parts of Brazil have received rain recently, but some key growing areas remain hot and dry. With early harvest ongoing and ahead of schedule, Brazil’s [Read More…]
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Chanel makes a strong case for wearing a sequined swimsuit to your summer wedding
Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — If you are having a summer wedding, and can’t fathom the thought of wearing a big ball gown, Chanel just debuted a dazzling sequin swimsuit look that might [Read More…]
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After Maduro warning, US pulls non-emergency staff, families from embassy in Venezuela
Ruskpp/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is withdrawing nonemergency personnel and families from the embassy in Venezuela, just two days after President Nicolás Maduro ordered all American diplomats to leave in 72 hours. The Trump administration had [Read More…]
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Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigns after blackface images emerge
traveler1116/iStock(TALLAHASSEE) — The newly-appointed Florida secretary of state has resigned after photos showing him dressed in blackface more than a decade ago have emerged. Michael Ertel, who was appointed late last month by Gov. Ron [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 24 at 2:48PM MST until January 25 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero but becoming less cold by Friday morning. * WHERE…Portions of central, [Read More…]
Ag News
Moving the RFS forward
There is a false notion that the Renewable Fuel Standard ends in 2022, but that is not the case. Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, says even those in the industry [Read More…]
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Innovature is a gene editing conversation online
A new online hub for conversations about gene-editing in agriculture has been launched by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and BIO, the largest trade association of biotech companies. Bernice Slutsky with the ASTA tells [Read More…]
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Ditch the plow, cover up and grow diversity
David Montgomery, geomorphology professor at the University of Washington and author of three books on soil degradation and health provides farmers with a recipe to give life back to soil. “That recipe of ditching the [Read More…]
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Weekly ethanol production down, stocks up
U.S. ethanol production declined last week, while supplies grew. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.031 million barrels a day, down 20,000 from the previous week’s multi-month high, but above the four-week average [Read More…]
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2019 a big year for ethanol
Speaking to Brownfield at the 2019 MN Ag Expo in Mankato, Minnesota Corn Growers Association president Brian Thalmann of Plato says 2019 is an important year for ethanol, beginning with the potential for more exports [Read More…]
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Here’s how Venezuela reached its breaking point
Bene_A/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A day after the Trump administration formally recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s’s interim president, triggering a standoff with President Nicolas Maduro over the status of U.S. diplomats in the [Read More…]