Month: August 2019
$58K offered to find person responsible for killing 42 federally protected burros
iStock(PRIMM, Nev.) — Authorities are looking for a person suspected of killing more than 40 federally protected burros along the California and Nevada border. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has offered a $58,000 reward [Read More…]
A community gives a World War II vet a fitting funeral
iStock(PERRY, Okla.) — The 97-year-old World War II veteran died on August 11 in Perry, Oklahoma. White was due all of the full military honors bestowed on veterans upon their death. There was just one [Read More…]
Company behind Timberland, the North Face to boycott Brazilian leather
iStock(NEW YORK) — The U.S company behind such brands as Timberland, the North Face, Vans and JanSport has announced it will no longer source leather from Brazil due to environmental concerns. Massive fires in the [Read More…]
New York City teen arraigned, held without bail for allegedly plotting ISIS-inspired attack
iStock(NEW YORK) — A New York City teen was arraigned and ordered held without bail on Friday after he was arrested for allegedly planning to conduct a possible terrorist knife or bomb attack nearby his [Read More…]
911 operator captured on audio criticizing driver who drowned in rising floodwaters
iStock(FORT SMITH, Ark.) — Authorities in Arkansas have released audio recordings of a 911 call between an operator and a woman who was moments from dying in a flash flood, in which the dispatcher can [Read More…]
More than half of Florida’s nursing homes not prepared for Hurricane Dorian
iStock(NEW YORK) — With the threat of Hurricane Dorian bearing down on Florida and Southern Georgia, nursing homes and the elderly are at an elevated risk of vulnerability. Nearly 60 percent of Florida’s nursing homes [Read More…]
Data helps manage every penny
The digital lead for Rabo AgriFinance says every penny must be watched in the current price environment. And Robert Lubben tells Brownfield technology is helping farmers accomplish that. “By taking less time to do data [Read More…]
Hog, cattle futures slide into the weekend
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed lower on the weaker cash trade and lower wholesale values. Feeder cattle were lower on the same factors. October live cattle closed $.87 lower at $98.92 [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 30, 2019
Sep. corn closed at $3.58, down 1 3/4 cents Sep. soybeans closed at $8.57, up 3/4 cent Sep. soybean meal closed at $289.30, down $2.70 Sep. soybean oil closed at 28.64, up 27 points Sep. [Read More…]
All-milk price, dairy cattle prices up in July
The USDA says the U.S. all-milk price for July was $18.70 a hundredweight, which was 60 cents higher than June and $3.20 a hundredweight higher than last July. New Mexico continued to receive the lowest [Read More…]
Commodities lose strength through the Friday session
Soybeans ended mostly higher but well off the session highs. Strength came on trade optimism from the possible continued talks with China in September. Crush margins are positive overall. The Brazilian rèal is lower and [Read More…]
Farmers in all 92 Indiana counties eligible for disaster assistance
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has announced that Hoosier farmers in all 92 counties are eligible for assistance under a secretarial natural disaster designation. Governor Holcomb sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue in July [Read More…]
Perdue, farmers tout study supporting river infrastructure investment
A new USDA report shows investing in the Mississippi and Illinois River lock and dam system can boost agricultural sales and improve prices for farmers. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says spending 6-point-3 billion over the [Read More…]
Live Updates: Dorian strengthens to Category 3, forecast to strike Florida as Category 4
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Dorian strengthened Friday afternoon to a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds as Floridians brace for the dangerous storm to make landfall. Dorian is forecast to make landfall on [Read More…]
Inside the history of one of London’s most iconic landmarks: Piccadilly Circus
stockinasia/iStock(LONDON) — Very few — if any — of the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who take the London Underground through Piccadilly Circus every day think about what’s beneath their feet. But behind the locked [Read More…]
How heavy rains produced unusually large lemons and what it means for your grocery store
_LeS_/iStock(SANTA PAULA, Calif.) — When life gives you over-sized lemons, make lots of lemonade. That’s what more consumers in Southern California may have to do after one of the state’s largest lemon producers, Limoneira, faced [Read More…]
Spacesuit redesign means Russian astronauts may have to end pre-flight ritual
buradaki/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russian cosmonauts may have to end a decades-old tradition in which they urinate on the wheel of the bus taking them to the launch pad because their new spacesuits include one important modification—no [Read More…]
Man sues Popeyes after missing out on new chicken sandwich
Hamilton County Court(EAST RIDGE, Tenn.) — Popeyes’ wildly popular new chicken sandwich has pushed some serious eaters to their breaking point in hopes of getting a taste of the limited-availability delicacy. One man who repeatedly [Read More…]
Southern IL tour with IL House Ag Committee Chair
IL Representative Charlie Meier will be giving new House Ag Committee Chairwoman Sonya Harper a tour of ag businesses and farms in his district. Brownfield’s Rhiannon Branch will join them September 3 in Okawville for [Read More…]
USDA lowers 2019 export projections again
The USDA has lowered its 2019 ag export forecast by 2.5 billion dollars. “We are now looking at a fiscal year 2019 forecast of $134.5 billion.” Deputy Chief Economist Warren Preston says that is almost [Read More…]