Month: January 2019
Ag News
Soil health boosts public perception
The National Corn Growers Association says collaboration among industry partners is giving momentum to soil health improvement. Soil health is getting more attention. There’s evidence by the number of people who attended the Soil Health [Read More…]
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Women’s March 2019: Thousands of protesters across US rally amid controversy over anti-Semitisms amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row, women across the world came out in the thousands Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to fight for women’s rights. But the [Read More…]
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How one architect is helping young people remember Beirut’s complicated past
Simone Cecchetti/Corbis/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — To enter the Beirut nightclub B018, one arrives on what appears to be a helicopter landing pad and descends a staircase to enter the underground music mecca. The club is located [Read More…]
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Body cam video shows cop fatally shoot 14-year-old as he ran away from police
iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Police released body cam footage on Friday of a shooting from earlier in the week in which a 14-year-old was shot and killed while running away from a Tempe Police Department officer. [Read More…]
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Third annual Women’s March ascends upon cities amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row on Saturday, women across the world will protest in response to the Trump administration. But the Women’s March of today is poised to look [Read More…]
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Elon Musk warns ‘the road ahead is very difficult’ as Tesla lays off 7 percent of workforce
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla announced on Friday that it will cut 7 percent of its workforce, marking the second round of job cuts in just over six months, as it faces the pressure [Read More…]
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Winter storm could dump more than a foot of snow on interior Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major winter storm is set to bring heavy snow from the Midwest to the Northeast this weekend — with widespread totals of 10 to 20 inches in the interior Northeast. [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 19 at 4:30AM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero ongoing. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 18 at 10:54PM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY… * WHAT…Lingering light snow will gradually end through the evening. Little additional accumulation is expected. Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 18 at 5:10PM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY… …WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED… * WHAT…Lingering light snow will gradually end through the evening. Little additional accumulation is expected. Very [Read More…]
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Companies disproportionately target black, Latino youth in TV ads for unhealthy foods
Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesBY: DR. ROBIN ORTIZ (NEW YORK) — Extreme weight gain in children is a dangerous mental and physical health epidemic in the United States, and public health officials have implored children and their [Read More…]
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Pelanda named Ohio’s new director of agriculture
Dorothy Pelanda, who is no stranger to agriculture, was sworn in as the 39th Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture this week. She tells Brownfield she is looking forward to working with Ohio Governor [Read More…]
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NFU calls for immediate reopening of government
The Board of Directors of the National Farmers Union is calling for an immediate reopening of the government. “It is having such a ripple effect all throughout the economy and out in rural America,” says [Read More…]
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Missouri producer ‘loves being a dairy farmer’
A dairy farmer tells Brownfield he loves the business despite the extended slump in milk prices. Jay Fogle milks cows close to the growing Kansas City metro footprint. “I love being a dairy farmer,” Fogle [Read More…]
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Wheeler plants E15 caveat during confirmation hearing
A U.S. Senator is concerned Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has given himself an out if the rulemaking for year-round E15 isn’t finished in time for the summer driving season. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith says [Read More…]
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Direct cattle trade slow to develop
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly higher, closing before the start of the week’s widespread direct cash business. Traders seemed fairly optimistic and boxed beef was firm to sharply higher at midday. February [Read More…]
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Wind Chill Advisory issued January 18 at 1:50PM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING… …WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow. Very cold wind chills expected. Additional snow [Read More…]
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Former Chicago cop sentenced to 81 months in prison for murder of African-American teen
Antonio Perez-Pool/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to 81 months in prison on Friday evening for the shooting death of African-American teen Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke, who is white, [Read More…]
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American-born, Iranian journalist held as ‘material witness,’ court documents show
Viktorcvetkovic/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government on Friday acknowledged for the first time that it secretly arrested an Iranian journalist earlier this week, demanding she testify to a federal grand jury as part of a federal [Read More…]