Month: April 2019
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Trump in Minnesota for tax roundtable
President Trump took part in a roundtable discussion about taxes Monday in Minnesota. Minnesota Farm Bureau president Kevin Paap attended the event in Burnsville and says Trump briefly mentioned agriculture while focusing on the Tax [Read More…]
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Amid growing concern over ride-share safety, Lyft announces new security features
jetcityimage/iStock(NEW YORK) — Just weeks after the death of a University of South Carolina student who was killed after getting into a car that she believed was her Uber, other ride-share companies are increasing their [Read More…]
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Texas authorities identify 2 victims in decades-old ‘Killing Fields’ murders using genetic genealogy
KTRK-TV(LEAGUE CITY, Texas) — Investigators in Texas have identified the remains of two women in a decades-long cold case by using genetic genealogy . The murders of the women, named Jane Doe and Janet Doe, [Read More…]
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Weather concerns support corn
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. There’s more optimism about trade talks with China, but not a lot of publicly available details. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says enforceability issues are “nearly [Read More…]
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Michigan’s wheat crop continues to decline
Continued wet weather is negatively impacting Michigan’s winter wheat crop. The crop’s condition dropped an additional 12 percent to 28 percent good to excellent and six percent of winter wheat is jointed. In the weekly [Read More…]
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Census: fewer farms, more women producers in Indiana
The 2017 Census of Ag shows the total number of farms in Indiana is declining and the average age of the farmer is increasing. There are 57,000 farms in Indiana, a more than 3 percent [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 15, 2019
May corn closed at $3.62 and 3/4, up 1 and 3/4 cents May soybeans closed at $8.98 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 cents May soybean meal closed at $311.00, up $3.10 May soybean oil [Read More…]
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Weather delays corn, spring wheat planting
U.S. corn planting is a little slower than normal. That follows a late week shift to wetter, cooler conditions in many key U.S. growing areas, including a winter-like storm that dropped several inches of snow [Read More…]
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Tax Day by the numbers: Time is ticking to meet tax-filing deadline
grejak/iStock(NEW YORK) — Time is ticking to meet Monday’s tax-filing deadline. If you’re still scrambling to finish filing your returns, you’re not alone. As of last Friday, the Internal Revenue Service, said in a news [Read More…]
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Suspected arsonist facing hate crime charges over Louisiana black church fires
Chalabala/iStock(NEW YORK) — The man who was arrested after a string of fires left historically black churches gravely burned is now facing hate crime charges. Holden Matthews was arrested Wednesday after investigators tied him to [Read More…]
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President Trump touts economic policies, tax cuts with Tax Day trip
Tom Brenner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump touted his economic policies and Republican tax cuts with a Tax Day trip to Minnesota on Monday, where he made a visit to a truck and equipment retailer [Read More…]
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Flames cause ‘colossal damages’ to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, officials say
FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images(PARIS) — A fire has broken out at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, one of the city’s most iconic sights. The fire began at 6:50 p.m. local time Monday, the Paris fire [Read More…]
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A brief respite in an otherwise active pattern
Across the Corn Belt, a Frost Advisory was in effect early Monday for portions of the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys, including portions of Missouri and much of southern Illinois. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather [Read More…]
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Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral on fire
FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images(PARIS) — A fire broke out at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, one of the city’s most iconic sights. The fire began at 6:50 p.m. local time Monday, the Paris fire department [Read More…]
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Small plane crashes in Long Island, all passengers survive
ABC News(VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.) — A plane carrying three people, a pilot and two tourists from Korea, crashed into the front lawn of a home on Long Island, N.Y. The small, single-engine Cessna plane crashed [Read More…]
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Big Bear bald eagle chick hatches on livestream — and second is on its way
(KGrif/iStock) Eagle’s nest FILE photo.(BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif.) — After weeks of patiently waiting and nesting, a pair of bald eagles welcomed their first chick on Sunday — in front of the eyes of many [Read More…]
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Can ‘FUCT’ be trademarked? Supreme Court hears First Amendment case
Melodie Jeng/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Monday could turn out to be, well … downright vulgar. On the justices’ docket is the case of “FUCT,” a clothing line founded by [Read More…]
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President Trump touting economic policies, tax cuts with Tax Day trip
Tom Brenner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is set to tout his economic policies and Republican tax cuts with a Tax Day trip to Minnesota on Monday, where he will participate in a roundtable on [Read More…]
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Oil rig workers rescue dog 137 miles off coast of Thailand
Kerrick/iStock(BANGKOK) — Oil rig workers have rescued a dog found swimming in the Gulf of Thailand some 137 miles offshore. The workers spotted the pup paddling near the rig Friday afternoon before it swam toward [Read More…]
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Man arrested after aggravated assault of transgender woman caught on video
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(DALLAS) — A man has been arrested in connection to the beating of a transgender woman in Dallas. Dallas police announced on their blog that Edward Thomas, a 29-year-old black man, was charged Sunday with [Read More…]