Month: March 2019
Ag News
Agencies differ on labeling cell-based agricultural products
A USDA official says how to label cell-based foods still needs to be worked out between the USDA and the FDA. USDA Acting Undersecretary for Food Safety, Carmen Rottenberg, says USDA wants labels that are [Read More…]
Ag News
Extended winter causing transportation concerns
The wet fall followed by a winter of heavy snow is causing concern about inland waterway shipping. Tom Steever spoke to Mike Steenhoek, Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition, who says anticipated high water in [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri Ag Dept. kicks off Ag Week by feeding people
Missouri FFA members and Missouri’s First and Second Ladies opened National Agriculture Week by feeding people at the Columbia, Missouri, Ronald McDonald House. Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn tells Brownfield the governor’s wife Teresa [Read More…]
Ag News
FDA decision allows import of GMO salmon eggs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the import of genetically engineered salmon eggs, but the decision is getting pushback from Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski. A report from Agri-Pulse says the approval allows the [Read More…]
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Trump budget plan would limit crop insurance, cut programs
A White House document shows areas where President Trump is proposing to cut USDA spending. The budget proposal would limit ag commodity payments and crop insurance eligibility to farmers with less than 500-thousand dollars in [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Watch issued March 11 at 2:13PM MDT until March 14 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Flood Watch for portions of southwest Minnesota and South Dakota, including the following areas, [Read More…]
News
Osundairo brothers were ‘taken advantage of’ by ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett, lawyer says
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The two brothers who police said helped stage an attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago six weeks ago were “taken advantage of” and are now trying to “piece their [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Osundairo brothers were ‘taken advantage of’ by ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett, lawyer says
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The two brothers who police said helped stage an attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago six weeks ago were “taken advantage of” and are now trying to “piece their [Read More…]
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Trump claims he called Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to ‘save time & words’
Tim Cook/Twitter(WASHINGTON) — Five days after President Donald Trump appeared to slip up and call Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple” at a White House meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, the president [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Trump claims he called Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to ‘save time & words’
Tim Cook/Twitter(WASHINGTON) — Five days after President Donald Trump appeared to slip up and call Apple CEO Tim Cook “Tim Apple” at a White House meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, the president [Read More…]
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China, Ethiopia and Cayman Islands 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…]
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NJ Transit police officer under investigation after video shows him allegedly dragging and punching man outside Trenton station
WPVI(TRENTON, N.J.) — A cellphone video apparently showing a New Jersey Transit Police officer dragging and hitting a semiconscious man outside a train station in Trenton over the weekend has prompted an internal investigation by [Read More…]
Ag News
Trump 2020 budget calls for USDA cuts
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson says President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal released today continues the administration’s disturbing trend of neglect for the welfare of farm families across the U.S. Trump’s budget contains proposed [Read More…]
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Malaysian court drops charges against suspect in murder of Kim Jong Un’s half brother
ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Prosecutors in Malaysia have dropped charges against a suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, Kim Jong Nam. Kim Jong Nam was murdered [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Malaysian court drops charges against suspect in murder of Kim Jong Un’s half brother
ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Prosecutors in Malaysia have dropped charges against a suspect in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother, Kim Jong Nam. Kim Jong Nam was murdered [Read More…]
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It’s all about the hats as Duchesses Kate and Meghan step out to celebrate Commonwealth Day
Kirsty Wigglesworth – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Duchesses Kate and Meghan proved it is all about the hats as they stepped out with their husbands and other members of the royal family to celebrate Commonwealth [Read More…]
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‘Senseless’: Son of California councilwoman shot and killed near USC campus
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…] [Read More…]
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USC student shot near campus: ‘I miss my baby,’ says his mom, an Oakland councilwoman
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…] [Read More…]
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‘Senseless’: Son of California councilwoman shot and killed near USC campus
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…]
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USC student shot near campus: ‘I miss my baby,’ says his mom, an Oakland councilwoman
Lynette Gibson McElhaney(LOS ANGELES) — A 21-year-old student at the University of Southern California was shot dead near the Los Angeles campus this weekend, the university said, leaving his mother, an Oakland councilwoman, heartbroken. Victor [Read More…]