Month: August 2019
Ag News
Peterson says China resolution should have been reached before they joined WTO
The Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says the current trade problem with China could have been resolved prior to China’s WTO membership. Reacting to China’s additional tariffs on U.S. goods, Democrat Collin Peterson of [Read More…]
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NCGA says MFP2 calculations better for corn
The first-vice-president of the National Corn Growers Association says they appreciate the way the USDA calculated trade damage payments in this second round of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP). Kevin Ross tells Brownfield Ag News, [Read More…]
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Suderman says China overshadowing markets
A market analyst says the China trade war is the main, overshadowing factor for the bearish commodity market because of how China is targeting agriculture, “The commodities do not have, at this point, from the [Read More…]
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Quantas to test 19-hour flights from New York and London to Sydney
iStock(NEW YORK) — Some travelers start a long book, binge-watch movies or series, or even do their best thinking on long flights. Now, they may be able to do all those things — and more [Read More…]
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Homeless man who was given shoes by a jogger in viral photo now has a job offer
WABC(NEW YORK) — A homeless man in New York City who was given a pair of shoes by a stranger passing by him while jogging earlier this week has now been offered a job and [Read More…]
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Homeless man who was given shoes by a jogger in viral photo now has a job offer
WABC(NEW YORK) — A homeless man in New York City who was given a pair of shoes by a stranger passing by him while jogging earlier this week has now been offered a job and [Read More…]
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Livestock producers ponder “What if gray wolves are de-listed?”
Great Lakes livestock producers are wondering what wolf management might look like IF gray wolves are de-listed from the Endangered Species List. North-central Minnesota cattle rancher Miles Kuschel says because wolves are protected, the most [Read More…]
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Hog futures down on demand concerns
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were modestly to sharply lower on the lower midday boxed beef and unconfirmed reports of a higher Chinese tariff on U.S. beef. The USDA’s Cattle on Feed report looks [Read More…]
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Heartbreak as farmers struggle to stay in business
The vice president of Minnesota Farmers Union is seeing heartbreak across rural America as farmers struggle to stay in business. Bryan Klabunde says he encountered a woman at a recent farm show in southwest Minnesota [Read More…]
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Farmers express frustration with accuracy of USDA crop estimates
Nebraska farmers were looking forward to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue’s appearance at a town hall event at the Nebraska State Fair on Friday. However his visit was cancelled at the last minute, apparently because of weather-related [Read More…]
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Spring delays leave no summer break for central Iowa farm family
Spring planting delays voided any summer break for one central Iowa farm family. Corey Hillebo of Polk City says their workload has been spread out all summer long. “We were busy all summer. Dad missed [Read More…]
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Girl returns rock she stole from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park Service(SWAIN COUNTY, N.C.) — Park rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park received an unexpected hand-written letter with a heart-shaped rock from a former visitor. Rangers Jessie Snow and Allison Bate, who shared [Read More…]
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CBP seizes over 52,000 gun parts from China at California port
US Customs and Border Patrol(LOS ANGELES) — California Border Patrol at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport intercepted and seized over 52,000 illegal gun parts from China. U.S. Customs and Border protection announced Thursday that they [Read More…]
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Man arrested for terrorism after sending threatening email to ABC Nashville affiliate
iStock(NASHVILLE) — A man has been arrested after allegedly sending a rambling email to one of ABC News’ affiliate stations in Tennessee, threatening to go to the “state capital to blow someone’s brains out.” ABC [Read More…]
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As Trump heads to G7 summit, potential for dysfunctional ‘family reunion’
iStock(BIARRITZ, France) — President Donald Trump flies across the Atlantic Ocean on Friday night to the ritzy coastal city of Biarritz, France, for the G7 summit, an annual gathering that could be likened to a [Read More…]
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12-year-old boy jumps out of moving truck to escape suspected kidnapper, police say
Boynton Beach Police Department(BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) — A 12-year-old boy dove from a moving vehicle to escape a suspected kidnapper in South Florida, police say. The child was treated for abrasions to his forehead, arms [Read More…]
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Teen sentenced to life for fatally running over Baltimore County officer
Baltimore County Police Department(BALTIMORE) — A Baltimore teenager was sentenced to life in prison for running over a police officer with a stolen Jeep and fleeing the scene. Dawnta Harris, 17, was convicted of felony [Read More…]
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A Florida woman is found dead, authorities ruled it a suicide, but her family believes she was killed
(ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.) — When St. Johns County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the St. Augustine, Florida, home of Jeremy Banks on Sept. 2, 2010, they found his 24-year-old girlfriend Michelle O’Connell lying on the floor [Read More…]
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University of Illinois research sees higher yields with subsurface drip irrigation
Using subsurface drip irrigation could be a yield saver if farmers experience another year like 2019. Crop Science Professor Fred Below says drip irrigating crops below the surface is a more efficient way to use [Read More…]
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Illinois dicamba misuse complaints exceed last year’s record
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has received more dicamba related pesticide misuse complaints in 2019 than any other year despite their efforts to minimize dicamba drift. Doug Owens with the department shared with Brownfield the [Read More…]