Month: May 2019
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Witness in Delphi double murder likely afraid to come forward, investigator says
Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News(DELPHI, Ind.) — It’s been more than two years since young Abby Williams and Libby German were found dead in Delphi, Indiana, but investigators believe they’re close to finding their killer. “We are [Read More…]
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State Department orders non-emergency government employees out of Iraq
CT757fan/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave Iraq as soon as they can. Americans at the embassy in Baghdad and at the U.S. consulate in Erbil have been [Read More…]
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Alabama Senate approves country’s most restrictive abortion ban
DJMcCoy/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Alabama’s state Senate voted and approved one of the most controversial and restrictive abortion laws in the country. The ban prevents women from seeking abortions by making any abortions a felony for the [Read More…]
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Missouri Senate Bill 391 heads to governor’s desk
AUDIO: Missouri House floor debate (excerpt) A bill affecting county health ordinances passed its final House vote Tuesday. Senate Bill 391 prevents county governments from regulating concentrated animal feeding operations more stringently than state agencies [Read More…]
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National Farmers Union critical of latest Trump trade aid plan
The National Farmers Union is calling President Trump’s proposed 15-billion-dollar trade aid “insufficient.” National Vice-President Patty Edelburg from Amherst Junction, Wisconsin tells Brownfield what farmers really need is an end to the trade war. “His [Read More…]
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Mexico wants a more stable trade environment
The CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says US red meat customers in Mexico are cautiously optimistic despite the lack of progress on a new trade agreement. But, Dan Halstrom says they want to [Read More…]
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Blunt surprised by farm support of Trump tariffs
Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt he’s been surprised by how supportive the farm community has been of the president’s tariff position with China, “Eventually, this needs to come to a conclusion. You can only be [Read More…]
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Hog futures rebound after recent losses
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures ended the day lower in limited trade volume on weaker wholesale values and the lack of direction in the cash trade. Feeder cattle futures were mostly lower [Read More…]
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Literal cost of the trade war
The vice president of the American Soybean Association estimates the trade war with China has cost his farm at least $65,000 dollars. Bill Gordon of Worthington, Minnesota, says he figures most of the two-dollar drop [Read More…]
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Cash rents more stable than expected
Cash rents have declined, but not as much as some would assume in this sixth straight year of depressed farm incomes. Farmers National Company says cash rents have stayed about steady with only a minor [Read More…]
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Iowa ag secretary Naig: ‘Trade aid’ is not farmers’ first choice
Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig says, given a choice, most farmers would choose better access to markets over ‘trade aid’ from the federal government. “But in recognition of the fact that our markets are being [Read More…]
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Trump dismisses report administration reviewing plan to send 120K troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a New York Times report that the administration is reviewing a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran [Read More…]
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Putin tells Pompeo US and Russia can improve relations after Mueller report
State Department photo/ Public Domain(MOSCOW) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi as part of a renewed effort by the White House and Kremlin to improve relations [Read More…]
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Prince Harry and Meghan’s son, Archie, meets his uncle and aunt, Prince William and Kate
Dominic Lipinski – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor has met two more of his royal family members, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. The son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess [Read More…]
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Nebraska farmer recounts sawing off his leg with a pocket knife to save his own life
vzwer/iStock(PENDER, Neb.) — A Nebraska farmer says he’s fortunate to be alive after his leg got stuck in a grain auger dealing him a life or death decision: Cut off his limb or die. “I [Read More…]
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96 people charged in Texas marriage fraud scheme to get Green Cards
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(HOUSTON) — Nearly 100 people in Texas have been indicted on federal marriage fraud charges, in a scheme allegedly aimed at securing U.S. Green Cards for Vietnamese nationals, according to officials. The alleged ringleader [Read More…]
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12-year-old girl arrested for DWI in New Mexico
Fedorovekb/iStock(ALAMOGORDO, N.M.) — A 12-year-old girl has been arrested in New Mexico for drunk driving and leading officers on a high-speed chase before losing control of the steering and smashing into a speed limit sign, [Read More…]
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Trump dismisses report administration reviewing plan to send 120K troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a New York Times report that the administration is reviewing a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if Iran [Read More…]
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Officials say Connecticut mosque fire was intentionally set
leolintang/iStock(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Investigators are looking into a fire set at a Connecticut mosque as a possible arson attack. The blaze was reported at the Diyanet Mosque in New Haven on Sunday. “In conducting [Read More…]
Ag News
Getting the most out of the shortened growing season
Farmers have been struggling to get their crops planted this spring and that means getting nutrients get into the plants as early as possible is crucial. In this Managing for Profit, Mike Zwingman with Verdesian [Read More…]