Month: May 2019
Ag News
South Dakota farmer worries that it’s still too cold for newly planted corn
A Northeastern South Dakota farmer considers himself fortunate to have at least started corn planting, but he’s worried that he and others around him will be late getting row crops in. Todd Hanten tells Brownfield [Read More…]
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Missouri farmer’s prediction becomes reality
A Missouri farmer who told Brownfield on Monday he was hesitant to plant some fields in the bottom lands – is now looking at flooding. Mark Scott predicted it would happen, “I’m expecting small stream [Read More…]
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Japan trade talks good for US beef and pork sectors
The head of the US Meat Export Federation says the longer the US waits to get a trade deal with Japan, the more it could cost US beef and pork producers. Dan Halstrom says talk [Read More…]
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Rice farmer disappointed by Trump Cuba policy changes
President Trump has put new U.S. sanctions on Cuba and prospects of better ag trade with that market have greatly dimmed. Mark Isbell, an Arkansas farmer and member of USA Rice, tells Brownfield Ag News [Read More…]
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Missouri CAFO bill advances to House
The Missouri Senate passed SB 391 Thursday. Missouri Cattlemen’s Executive Vice President Mike Deering says the measure blocks county governments from regulating concentrated animal feeding operations – CAFOs – beyond what state regulators do. “So [Read More…]
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#MNLeg: State budget moves to conference committee
The Minnesota House and Senate have completed work on the state budget. House Ag Committee chair Jeanne Poppe says the bills now go into conference. “Of note are certainly the ag and food finance (as [Read More…]
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Man who plotted NYC subway bombing to be released after nearly a decade of cooperation
Willbrasil21/iStock(NEW YORK) — It has been ten years since Najibullah Zazi and two friends plotted to detonate homemade explosives on the New York City subway system. At the time, then-Attorney General Eric Holder called it [Read More…]
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Trump invites heroes of Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting to National Day of Prayer event
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The heroes of Saturday’s Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting in California, along with Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, attended an event marking the National Day of Prayer on Thursday in the White House [Read More…]
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Egyptian man climbs Great Pyramid of Giza and throws stones at security
Pakhnyushchyy/iStock(CAIRO) — An Egyptian man climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, removed parts of a wooden mast put in place in the late 19th century to measure the actual height of [Read More…]
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UNC Charlotte students come together in grief as next court date set for shooting suspect
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Shocked survivors of the shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte came together in grief as the suspected gunman’s next court date was set. – Trystan Andrew [Read More…]
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Venezuela’s Maduro makes show of force with military as US-backed opposition uprising hits a wall
Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Two days after Venezuela’s U.S.-backed opposition said they were finally ready to oust socialist president Nicolas Maduro, their efforts seemed to have stalled. That would leave the Trump administration back [Read More…]
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University of Illinois Agronomy Day
Brownfield’s Rhiannon Branch will be on the ground in Savoy for University of Illinois Agronomy Day on August 22, 2019. Continue reading University of Illinois Agronomy Day at Brownfield Ag News.
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Dudley Smith Farm Field Day
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Rhiannon Branch will be on the ground in Owaneco, IL for the Dudley Smith Farm Field Day, University of Illinois Extension Unit 18, on June 19, 2019. Continue reading Dudley Smith Farm Field [Read More…]
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New York lawmakers push for chlorpyrifos ban
Lawmakers in New York have voted to ban a common pesticide within the next two years. The Democrat-led Senate passed legislation earlier this week that would immediately prohibit aerial spraying of chlorpyrifos, and completely outlaw [Read More…]
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Burger King launches ‘Real Meal’ boxes because ‘no one is happy all the time’
iStock(NEW YORK) — Burger King is catering to its customers’ moods in its latest launch for Mental Health Awareness Month. The fast food chain partnered with Mental Health America to create “Real Meal” boxes. When [Read More…]
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UNC shooting suspect due in court as shocked students come together in grief
iStock(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A 22-year-old accused of gunning down two students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is due in court Thursday as the shocked survivors come together in grief. Trystan Andrew Terrell [Read More…]
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Church of Scientology cruise ship quarantined in St. Lucia due to possible measles
iStock(CASTRIES, St. Lucia) — The cruise ship quarantined in St. Lucia as medical officials investigate a possibly confirmed case of measles is the Freewinds, which belongs to the Church of Scientology, according to St. Lucia [Read More…]
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Mayor crashes SUV into police officer on motorcycle, sends him flying into fountain
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — The mayor of Inglewood, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Police Department are counting their blessings after a horrifying car crash on Tuesday sent his SUV hurtling into a police [Read More…]
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Mayor crashes SUV into police officer on motorcycle, sends him flying into fountain
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — The mayor of Inglewood, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Police Department are counting their blessings after a horrifying car crash on Tuesday sent his SUV hurtling into a police [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued May 02 at 10:09AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa… South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… Big Sioux River At Sioux Falls North Cliff Big Sioux River above Hawarden Big Sioux River At Akron Little Sioux River near Milford