Month: January 2019
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Heavy rain causing concerns in West, wintry threat to eastern US at end of week
ABC News(NEW YORK) — With 3 inches of rain already fallen in the San Francisco Bay Area, a new more powerful storm is approaching the West Coast. Numerous flood, wind and snow alerts have been [Read More…]
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Shutdown side hustles: Workers selling personal possessions, starting businesses
Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) — Four weeks into the partial government shutdown, unpaid federal workers and contractors have started selling personal property, creating small businesses and spending more time with old friends. Working for the Coast [Read More…]
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‘We’re all out of hamberders’: Burger King flame broils Donald Trump
ilbusca/iStock(NEW YORK) — Burger King, home of the Whopper, has joined a growing list of U.S. companies that have roasted President Donald Trump via social media. After Trump offered up a fast-food feast to Clemson [Read More…]
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Theresa May faces no-confidence vote after defeat on Brexit deal
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a no-confidence vote in her government Wednesday after suffering a historic defeat in Parliament over her flagship Brexit deal. The vote was tabled by [Read More…]
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Boy, 16, dies after falling from balcony of Royal Caribbean cruise ship
fallbrook/iStock(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — A teenage boy died after falling from an eighth floor balcony of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship docked in Haiti last week. The 16-year-old was trying to enter his room on [Read More…]
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Extension, state looking to train for ag careers
Finding workers on the farm and in agribusiness has become more challenging, and some employers are looking at a different labor pool for solutions. Trisha Wagner with the University of Wisconsin Extension’s Farm Management Program [Read More…]
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Cold coming back & spring might be wet again
A meteorologist says the unusual winter weather patterns so far this winter are not likely to create spring problems. Greg Soulje says, “It happened to be marginally cold enough, and the right setup on the [Read More…]
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Rhiannon Branch
Rhiannon grew up in Iuka, Illinois and was an active member on the local, state and national levels in both 4-H and FFA. Beef cattle, poultry, public speaking and communications were a few of her [Read More…]
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Soil health important to large fast food chain
One of the world’s largest fast food chains considers soil health to be among its most important features of sustainability. “As a food company, we don’t have a product without soil and without the people [Read More…]
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High-Impact Pattern Ahead
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Crushing defeat for Theresa May as Brexit deal voted down by Parliament
LanceB/iStock(LONDON) — The political future of the United Kingdom has once again been thrown into uncertainty after Parliament voted against accepting Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The lead-up to the vote saw the Prime Minister Theresa [Read More…]
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Brexit: Vote to take place in parliament as Britain’s future hangs in balance
MicroStockHub/iStock(LONDON) — After two years of protracted negotiations, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to take Britain out of the European Union is set to go before Parliament for a vote on Tuesday. The [Read More…]
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Grandfather of man suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs: ‘Nobody had any clues’
Barron County Sheriff(BARRON, Wisc.) — The young man accused of abducting a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, gunning down her parents and holding the child captive had been “a perfectly nice kid,” according to his grandfather. “Nobody [Read More…]
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American killed in ‘suspected terror attack’ at high-end complex in Nairobi: Officials
MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) — An American was killed when gunfire and explosions erupted at a high-end hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Department of State. A State official described the [Read More…]
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Wholesale values support nearby hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures ended the day mixed with strength in the front-month contracts. The market is waiting for some direction ahead of widespread cash trade, but firm wholesale values helped [Read More…]
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A mixed day for milk futures and cash dairy Tuesday
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Tuesday. January milk down two cents at $14.05. February four higher at $14.34. March unchanged at $14.93. April milk steady at $15.40. May through [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 15, 2019
Mar. corn closed at $3.71 and 1/4, down 7 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $8.93 and 1/4, down 10 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $309.30, down $2.50Mar. soybean oil closed at 28.24, down [Read More…]
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Lighthizer saw no progress on key issues in China talks, Grassley says
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer saw no progress on key issues in last week’s trade talks with China. That’s according to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who met with Lighthizer late last week. “He (Lighthizer) said [Read More…]
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Student attendance plummets as Los Angeles teachers head into Day 2 of strike
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — As scores of Los Angeles teachers formed picket lines for the second day of a massive strike, school district officials said student attendance plummeted and that the district lost $15 million on [Read More…]