Month: March 2019
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Starbucks rolls out new Cloud Macchiato beverage
Starbucks Corporation(NEW YORK) — Starbucks is hoping customers will be on cloud nine with its latest beverage. The Seattle-based coffee chain on Tuesday unveiled its latest creation: the Cloud Macchiato. The drink, which can be [Read More…]
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Royal couples join Queen Elizabeth to celebrate Prince Charles’ anniversary
Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Cambridges and the Sussexes, nicknamed the royal “Fab Four,” joined together Tuesday to mark a milestone for Prince Charles. Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Royal couples join Queen Elizabeth to celebrate Prince Charles’ anniversary
Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Cambridges and the Sussexes, nicknamed the royal “Fab Four,” joined together Tuesday to mark a milestone for Prince Charles. Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess [Read More…]
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Italian town shows zest for history with ‘Battle of the Oranges’ food fight
Ranta Images/iStock(LONDON) — Italians in the northern town of Ivrea, near Turin, celebrated the carnival season with a historic local tradition dubbed “The Battle of the Oranges” over the weekend. The town-wide fruit fracas pays [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Italian town shows zest for history with ‘Battle of the Oranges’ food fight
Ranta Images/iStock(LONDON) — Italians in the northern town of Ivrea, near Turin, celebrated the carnival season with a historic local tradition dubbed “The Battle of the Oranges” over the weekend. The town-wide fruit fracas pays [Read More…]
Ag News
Organic farmer profits by diversifying and having multiple buyers for products
Organic vegetable and livestock producer Oren Jakobsen from Custer, Wisconsin has found success by not relying on one or two buyers for his products. Continue reading Organic farmer profits by diversifying and having multiple buyers [Read More…]
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Farmers Union considering stronger stand against ag mergers
Oren Jakobson is a diversified organic farmer and second-year law student from Custer, Wisconsin serving on the National Farmers Union’s policy committee. He says delegates will vote on an even stronger policy against ag mergers [Read More…]
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South Dakota leader earns Farmers Union Meritorious Service Award
Paul Symons discusses his service with Farmers Union, the State of South Dakota, and other issues with Brownfield while attending the National Farmers Union convention in Bellevue, Washington Monday. Continue reading South Dakota leader earns [Read More…]
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FDA puts convenience stores on notice for selling tobacco products to minors
patty_c/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has put more than a dozen U.S. stores on notice as part of the agency’s effort to limit youth access to e-cigarettes. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Monday [Read More…]
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Stephon Clark protests result in more than 80 arrests in Sacramento
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — More than 80 people were arrested during a protest in California’s capital on Monday night in the wake of the district attorney’s decision to not charge the two police officers [Read More…]
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Arctic blast strikes Midwest, Northeast as new storm hits California
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The temperature in Chicago fell to minus 3 degrees on Monday as much of the Midwest is experiencing its coldest March in decades. Even in Denver, it was minus 5, breaking [Read More…]
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Mitchell City Council narrowly rejects nuisance property settlement agreement
The saga of 301 North Main continues. The Mitchell city council voted 4-3 Monday to reject a proposed settlement between the city and property owner David Finell that would have led to the demolition of [Read More…]
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Schools getting more police but at the expense of counselors, nurses: Report
Steve Debenport/iStock(NEW YORK) — About 14 million students attend schools across the U.S. where they walk the halls alongside police officers but don’t have access to counselors, nurses, psychologists or social workers, according to an [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer seeks reforms & fewer consolidations
An Iowa farmer says small farms and communities need fewer ag consolidations and less farm program money going into large corporate farm accounts. Jerry Rosman from southwestern Iowa is a farmer and a feed commodities [Read More…] [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer seeks reforms & fewer consolidations
An Iowa farmer says small farms and communities need fewer ag consolidations and less farm program money going into large corporate farm accounts. Jerry Rosman from southwestern Iowa is a farmer and a feed commodities [Read More…]
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Secretary of State Pompeo discusses trade issues during Iowa visit
Photo courtesy Iowa Farm Bureau U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Iowa Monday, assuring farmers there’s been “real progress” in trade negotiations with China. “I’m very, very hopeful we’ll be able to wrap [Read More…]
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Hurst liked soybean prices better before trade war
Brooks Hurst, Missouri Soybean Association President, says the trade war with China needs to end as soon as possible, “We understand what (President Trump) is doing but as a soybean producer I liked the soybean [Read More…]
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Missouri Soybean President on China and biodiesel issues
Missouri Soybean Association President Brooks Hurst says the trade war with China needs to end as soon as possible, “We understand what (Trump) is doing but as a soybean producer I liked the soybean prices [Read More…]
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IRS removes a penalty for farmers
The IRS says it will waive the estimated tax penalty for any qualifying farmer or fisherman who files 2018 federal income tax returns and pays any taxes due by Monday, April 15th. The IRS says [Read More…]
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John Deere names May to be President, COO
Deere & Company announced Friday that its Board of Directors elected John May to be President, Chief Operating Officer, effective April 1. May will be responsible for leading Deere’s efforts to maximize operational excellence throughout [Read More…]