Month: April 2019
Ag News
Aurora opens second organic dairy plant
Aurora Organic Dairy opened its second processing plant this week in Columbia, Missouri. Construction began almost two years ago. The company, based in Boulder, Colorado has another processing facility in Platteville, Colorado, and eight farms [Read More…]
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USMCA would boost the economy, ITC says
The U.S. International Trade Commission has found that the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement would have a positive impact on the U.S. economy if it was fully implemented and enforced. The commission says provisions that reduce [Read More…]
Ag News
Limited livestock trade heading into the long weekend
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed in light trade with support from this week’s higher cash trade. And there was position squaring ahead of the long holiday weekend. Feeder cattle futures [Read More…]
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Report: U.S.-China trade deal could be finalized next month
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are reportedly scheduling more face-to-face trade talks in an effort to finalize a deal by early May. Bloomberg reports U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plan [Read More…]
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Quiet close for corn, soybeans, and wheat
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, rallying slightly after a mostly weak start to the day. Contracts saw a bounce off the multi-month lows, but continue to watch harvest progress in [Read More…]
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Dallas is hot and Chicago’s not: New census data shows population winners and losers
f11photo/iStock(NEW YORK) — They say everything is bigger in Texas, and when it comes to the populations in some of their biggest cities, the Census Bureau seems to agree. New population estimate data shows that [Read More…]
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NARCAN saves Mitchell man’s life
On 04-17-2019 at approx. 4:13 p.m., the Mitchell Department of Public Safety Dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a male subject at 713 E. Havens Lot #15 in Mitchell who was not breathing. Officers [Read More…]
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Woman finds man and girl from viral photo taken outside Notre Dame before fire
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(PARIS) — The father and daughter captured in a photograph in front of Notre Dame an hour before a massive fire erupted and destroyed parts of the building has been found. But, the [Read More…]
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Car-sharing service car2go temporarily halts Chicago operations after 50 Mercedes stolen from fleet
Roberto Galan/iStock(CHICAGO) — Car-sharing company car2go has temporarily suspended service in Chicago after dozens of cars were stolen from its fleet. A total of 100 cars were unaccounted for, 50 of which were Mercedes-Benz vehicles, [Read More…]
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Police shooting of unarmed woman in Connecticut prompts angry protests
Fedorovekb/iStock(NEW YORK) — The shooting of an unarmed woman by two Connecticut police officers who opened fire on a car that she was riding in has prompted angry protests over the incident, which the mayor [Read More…]
Ag News
MO NRCS declares local disaster in five counties
Missouri NRCS has issued a local disaster declaration for five counties in northwest Missouri affected by flooding along the Missouri River, “Emergency Watershed Program, the EWP, is USDA/NRCS’s recovery program from natural disasters when they [Read More…]
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France pays tribute to firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral
CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AFP/Getty Images(PARIS) — France is paying tribute Thursday to the hundreds of firefighters who saved the world-renowned Notre Dame Cathedral from utter collapse. Nearly 500 firefighters battled a massive fire at the 12th [Read More…]
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Disney Cruise Line debuts Captain Minnie Mouse, aims to inspire girls
Disney Cruise Line(NEW YORK) — Aye, aye, Captain Minnie Mouse! Disney Cruise Line announced Thursday the debut of Captain Minnie Mouse. The cruise line aims to inspire the next generation of female leaders in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri FFA Convention
Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground in Columbia for the Missouri FFA Convention April 25 and 26, 2019. Continue reading Missouri FFA Convention at Brownfield Ag News.
Ag News
Getting in front of early season disease pressure
Spring weather can be unpredictable – and this year has been no exception already. The inclement weather farmers have been facing could leave growers battling additional crop disease this year. In this Managing for Profit, [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued April 18 at 8:54AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon Vermillion River Near Davis Vermillion River Near Wakonda James River At Huron
Weather
Flood Warning issued April 18 at 8:54AM MDT until April 22 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon Vermillion River Near Davis Vermillion River Near Wakonda James River At Huron
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California murder probe prompts Amber Alert for 15-year-old girl
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department(LOS ANGELES) — An Amber Alert was issued Thursday for a California teenager after investigators learned she was last seen with her mother and a man who are suspects in a [Read More…]
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Police end landfill search for missing mom: ‘Not the outcome that we hoped for’
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Investigators from Woodland Park, Colorado, have ended their months-long search of a landfill for the body of missing mom Kelsey Berreth, police said. No remains and no evidence relating [Read More…]
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North Korea’s weapon test claim attempt to get US back to table: Analysts
MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — North Korea’s announcements this week that its leader Kim Jong Un had inspected military sites and overseen the test-firing of a new weapon appear to be an attempt to get [Read More…]