Month: July 2019
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Missouri Cattlemen’s to host steer profitability challenge
The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association is hosting a profitability challenge for spring born steers. Coby Wilson is the manager of strategic solutions at Missouri Cattlemen’s. He said the challenge will provide Missouri cattle producers with data [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 26, 2019
Sep. corn closed at $4.14 and 1/2, down 4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $8.83 and 1/4, up 3/4 centAug. soybean meal closed at $303.10, down 80 centsAug. soybean oil closed at 28.47, up 20 pointsSep. [Read More…]
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89-year-old Anne Lorimor becomes oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
iStock/chriss73(PHOENIX) — Anne Lorimor wasn’t willing to let go of her title without a fight. The Arizona woman had climbed Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, a few years back, according [Read More…]
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Friends of Ole Miss student Ally Kostial hold vigil after she was killed, allegedly by classmate
WATN-TV(NEW YORK) — Friends and former classmates of an Ole Miss student who was gunned down — allegedly by another classmate — gathered at an emotional vigil outside her former high school, where they shared [Read More…]
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Video shows gunmen spray bullets on New Jersey porch, hitting 15-year-old girl
ABC7(NEW YORK) — Video captured the dramatic moment when a 15-year-old girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting after gunmen drove up to a porch in New Jersey and started spraying bullets. The teen — [Read More…]
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American citizen held in Syria by Assad forces freed, family says
Courtesy Goodwin Family(NEW YORK) — The family of an American citizen who was held in Syria says he has been freed after months in captivity of President Bashar al Assad’s regime. “We are grateful to [Read More…]
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Bronx man arrested at JFK Airport for allegedly seeking to join Taliban: Source
iStock/XavierMarchant(NEW YORK) — A Bronx man has been arrested Friday at John F. Kennedy International Airport on terror-related charges, a law enforcement official told ABC News. According to the source, the man, who was not [Read More…]
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Indiana Featured Farmers
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Farm bill implementation continues
The 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law in December but implementation on the bill continues. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown says farmers need the certainty that the programs provide, especially after the 2019 planting season. [Read More…]
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Apprenticeships could help young and beginning farmers
A farm manager from Wisconsin says he has seen the challenges facing young and beginning farmers firsthand. Matthew Keesling said he had difficulty securing a beginning farmer loan. “With all of the areas that [Read More…]
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Canadian manhunt for teen murder suspects zeroes in on small remote town
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police(NEW YORK) — Canadian authorities have zeroed in on a remote, swampy area in their nationwide manhunt for two teenage boys suspected of killing three people. Officials with the Royal Canadian [Read More…]
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South Dakota public schools now required to display ‘In God We Trust’ on walls
WilliamSherman/iStock(PIERRE, S.D.) — Students in South Dakota can expect to see a new message on their school walls this upcoming school year: the national motto “In God We Trust.” A new bill signed by Gov. [Read More…]
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Ole Miss students suspended from frat after posing with guns at Emmett Till memorial sign
sshepard/iStock(OXFORD, Miss.) — Three college students were suspended from their fraternity after posing with guns in front of a memorial for Emmett Till. The students haven’t been suspended from their school, however, as the school [Read More…]
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Trump tweets Apple will not receive tariff waivers for parts made in China
prachanart/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that his administration will not grant Apple any tariff waivers for parts for its new Mac Pro that are made in China. “Make them in the USA, [Read More…]
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Remains of 12-year-old Colorado girl who vanished in 1984 found at ‘clandestine burial site’: Police
Greeley Police Dept.(GREELEY, Colo.) — The remains of a 12-year-old Colorado girl were discovered this week at “clandestine burial site,” decades after she mysteriously vanished, officials said. Crews were excavating an area in rural Weld [Read More…]
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Congressional Crop Insurance Caucus hosts first briefing
The Congressional Crop Insurance Caucus was officially launched Thursday during the first briefing led by Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and Pennsylvania Congressman GT Thompson. Illinois soybean farmer and American Soybean Association board member Ron Moore [Read More…]
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Minnesota State Fair
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground in St. Paul for the Minnesota State Fair Thursday, August 22, 2019. Continue reading Minnesota State Fair at Brownfield Ag News.
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Princess Kay of the Milky Way ceremony
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground in St. Paul for the Minnesota State Fair and the Princess Kay of the Milky Way ceremony on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Continue reading Princess Kay of [Read More…]
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More on MFP-2
USDA announced details of the Market Facilitation Program on Thursday. Payment rates will range from 15 dollars to 150 dollars per acre, with most expected to be in the 50 to 75 dollar range. The [Read More…]
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Drier pattern to intensify across much of the Corn Belt
Several areas, including the Midwest and parts of the Gulf Coast region, will experience periods of appreciable rainfall during the next 5 days. In addition, the full-fledged onset of monsoon-related showers will lead to local [Read More…]