Month: May 2019
Weather
Flood Warning issued May 17 at 9:38AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Nebraska…South Dakota…Iowa… Missouri River At Niobrara Missouri River At Springfield James River At Huron James River Near Forestburg
Ag News
Restrictions lifted on US beef exports to Japan
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced Japan will lift its longstanding import restrictions on US beef. He says the new agreement will pave the way for expanded sales to the nation’s top global beef market [Read More…]
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Getting the most out of your precision ag data
Margins are tight and farmers continue to look for the best ways to maximize their return on investment. In this Managing for Profit, Eric Taipale describes how farmers can use Sentera products to not only [Read More…]
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Indiana farmer says new trade aid package needs adjustments
The administration has announced a new round of market facilitation payments for farmers impacted by the U.S.-China trade war. Indiana Farmer Mike Beard says the payments must be recalculated for corn farmers who received a [Read More…]
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Taiwan becomes first Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage
Carl Court/Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Lawmakers in Taiwan voted in favor of a bill legalizing same-marriage Friday, making the self-governing island the first Asian country to do so. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, gay rights [Read More…]
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Leadership Mitchell celebrates graduation
A class of Mitchell’s future leaders celebrated its graduation Thursday. The twelve members of Leadership Mitchell successfully completed their nine-month course. Calli Williams of Fischer Rounds moved to Mitchell three years ago without knowing much [Read More…]
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Theresa May agrees to ‘timetable for departure’ as cross-party Brexit talks collapse: Reports
Michal Wachucik/Getty Images(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May looks set to step down in June or July after a meeting with disgruntled lawmakers that left her “tearful,” according to British media. In the Thursday [Read More…]
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Is desk dining healthy?
Dining at your desk, we’ve all done it, but is there a downside? There can be. Listen below… Healthy Living ~ desk dining Continue reading Is desk dining healthy? at Brownfield Ag News.
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F-16 crashes into building near runway at March Reserve Air Force Base
KABC-TV(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base in Southern California on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway. Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the [Read More…]
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US photos showed cruise missiles on Iranian boats
fatido/iStock(WASHINGTON) — One of the key “threat streams” that Iran or Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East were planning possible attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria and at sea were U.S. intelligence photos that [Read More…]
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Pentagon wants to help Afghan insurgents willing to enter ceasefire
KeithBinns/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is requesting the ability to provide lodging and transportation to insurgent groups in Afghanistan that are looking to implement local ceasefires with the Afghan government, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The [Read More…]
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Severe weather expected throughout Plains over the weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A stormy pattern stretches from coast to coast on Friday. A day prior, the Midwest was hit hard with baseball-sized hail in Illinois and 86 mph winds in Iowa, while a [Read More…]
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Austria’s headscarf ban sensationalizes a marginal issue, Muslim groups say
Montes-Bradley/iStock(BERLIN) — Six months after banning headscarves in Austrian kindergartens, the country’s ruling right-wing government has gone a step further and prohibited girls under the age of 11 from wearing the Muslim covering in primary [Read More…]
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Teacher arrested after planting live ammunition at school, police say
Southbridge Police Department(SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass.) — Police arrested a high school teacher in Massachusetts on Thursday after he allegedly planted live ammunition in one of the school’s staircases. Surveillance cameras at Southbridge High School in southeast [Read More…]
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Family’s lawsuit against Riddell following son’s death will go to trial, judge rules
Courtesy Hamblin family(NEW YORK) — A lawsuit against football helmet manufacturer Riddell, filed by the family of a 22-year-old who suffered a seizure and drowned while fishing, will go forward, a judge in Ohio has [Read More…]
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MGM might pay $800M to settle lawsuits from Las Vegas shooting that killed 58
anouchka/iStock(LAS VEGAS) — MGM Resorts said on Thursday it may pay as much as $800 million in liabilities tied to the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and injured more than [Read More…]
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Prince Harry and Meghan’s son meets his grandfather Prince Charles
Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Charles finally met his newest grandson, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, the firstborn child of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, on Thursday evening. The meeting took place at Harry [Read More…]
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F-16 crashes into building near runway at March Reserve Air Force Base
KABC-TV(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway. Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the building was on [Read More…]
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Cattle, hog futures higher on demand expectations
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed higher as contracts were oversold and due for a bounce. Feeder cattle futures closed higher on the same factors plus some focus on long-term demand potential. [Read More…]
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Caution about early corn hybrids and replanting
A Northeast Missouri agronomist tells Brownfield that growers should take their time in this delayed planting season before switching from the corn hybrid they’ve chosen to an early maturing one, “I would, you know, be [Read More…]