Month: March 2019

Missouri FFA State Proficiency Judging
On Thursday March 21, 2019, Brownfield’s Shannon Yokley will participate in Missouri FFA State Proficiency Judging in Jefferson City, MO. Continue reading Missouri FFA State Proficiency Judging at Brownfield Ag News.

China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Singapore, UK ground Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after crash
Ethiopian Airlines(LONDON) — A growing list of airline carriers around the world are grounding fleets of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of a crash of the same model that killed all [Read More…]

$38M grants for testing rape kit backlog lead to 186 arrests nationwide
bonniej/iStock(NEW YORK) — Eleven thousand untested rape kits were found in an abandoned warehouse near Detroit in 2009. For years since, local officials nationwide have been working to get the funding to test their own [Read More…]

Actresses, CEOs arrested in nationwide college admissions cheating scam
sshepard/iStock(BOSTON) — Actresses and chief executives are among 50 people arrested in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam, according to court records unsealed in Boston Tuesday. Those indicted allegedly paid bribes of up to $6 [Read More…]

Travelers asking airlines: Is the Boeing 737 MAX 8 safe to fly?
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Travelers asked airlines on Monday whether a new plane that’s now been involved in two deadly crashes since October — the Boeing 737 MAX 8 — is safe to fly. On [Read More…]

New storm takes aim, bringing blizzard conditions, flooding and maybe more tornadoes
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive storm developing in the Southwest is starting to head east — bringing blizzard conditions from Colorado to the Dakotas, flooding to the Plains and Midwest and potentially severe weather [Read More…]

New storm takes aim, bringing blizzard conditions, flooding and maybe more tornadoes
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive storm developing in the Southwest is starting to head east — bringing blizzard conditions from Colorado to the Dakotas, flooding to the Plains and Midwest and potentially severe weather [Read More…]

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Sioux Falls, SD The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a flood watch for Davison, Hanson, McCook, Moody, Lake, Miner and Brookings counties in South Dakota. The flood watch remains [Read More…]

School baseball coach, wife electrocuted to death repairing hurricane damage on field
MattGush/iStock(BRISTOL, Fla.) — A high school baseball coach and his wife were electrocuted to death on the field in Florida while trying to repair hurricane damage, authorities said. Liberty County High School’s head baseball coach, [Read More…]

Farmers can apply LEAN principles to save money on the farm
Allen Bonthuis with AIS Construction Equipment tells Brownfield there are many similarities between material-handling businesses like mining and farming, and using LEAN principles to eliminate wasted movement, labor, and machine costs can save a lot [Read More…]

Ohio Farm Bureau county presidents’ trip to DC kicks off today
Ohio Farm Bureau members will discuss priorities with legislators in D.C. during their annual County Presidents’ trip this week. The farm bureau members will discuss regulatory reform, trade and other issues impacting agriculture and their [Read More…]

China, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Singapore ground Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after crash
Ethiopian Airlines(LONDON) — A growing list of airline carriers around the world are grounding fleets of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of a crash of the same model that killed all [Read More…]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk denies violating SEC fraud settlement
Joshua Lott/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the Securities and Exchange Commission was broadly overreaching when it sought to hold him in contempt of court over a tweet he posted last [Read More…]

Severe weather in South could mean more tornadoes
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive storm developing in the Southwest will be tracking northeast into the central U.S., creating blizzard conditions, flooding and severe storms that may produce tornadoes. Snow already fell in southern [Read More…]

‘Like an explosion’: Texas mom dies when rock crashes through windshield
Courtesy of the Flores family(TEMPLE, Texas) — The family of Keila Flores, who was killed after someone threw a rock from a highway overpass that blasted through the windshield of the vehicle she was in, [Read More…]

Flood Watch issued March 12 at 2:23AM MDT until March 14 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING… The Flood Watch continues for * Portions of southwest Minnesota and South Dakota, including the following areas, in southwest Minnesota, Cottonwood, Lincoln MN, Lyon [Read More…]

Travelers asking airlines: Is the Boeing 737 MAX 8 safe to fly?
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Travelers asked airlines on Monday whether a new plane that’s now been involved in two deadly crashes since October — the Boeing 737 MAX 8 — is safe to fly. On [Read More…]

Carriers around the world ground Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after crash
Ethiopian Airlines(LONDON) — A growing list of airline carriers around the world are grounding their fleets of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of a crash of the same model that killed [Read More…]

Ricketts emphasizes ag’s importance to Nebraska’s economy
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says he’ll emphasize the importance of agriculture to the state’s economy during Agriculture Week stops across the state this week. Ricketts says when agriculture is struggling financially, it affects everyone in [Read More…]

Modified ‘fake meat’ labeling bill receives Nebraska ag committee approval
A bill in the Nebraska legislature that would ban the labeling of plant-based or lab-based food products as “meat” has been modified to avoid some of the legal challenges those laws have faced in other [Read More…]