Month: August 2019
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Police: Four shot on college campus in Atlanta during block party
TheaDesign/iStock(ATLANTA) — At least four people were wounded Tuesday night when a shooting broke out at a back-to-school block party on a college campus in Atlanta, police said. An unidentified shooter opened fire into a [Read More…]
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Ahead of G-7 Summit, Trump again backs Russia being allowed back into alliance
republica/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Just days before heading to the G-7 Summit in France, President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his support for allowing Russia to rejoin the group of the world’s advanced economies. Trump [Read More…]
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Rescuers cling to hope of finding two missing firefighters off coast of Florida
holgs/iStock(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A flotilla of volunteers answered the call on Tuesday to join the search off the Florida coast for two firefighters who failed to return from a fishing trip on Friday. As the [Read More…]
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Escaped Georgia inmate wanted for murder kills himself as authorities close in
Gulf County Sheriffs Office(NEW YORK) — An escaped Georgia inmate who was named as the suspect in a fatal shooting over a botched drug deal in Florida earlier this week took his own life on [Read More…]
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Severe weather threatens major Northeast cities
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Severe storms moved through the Plains and Midwest on Tuesday, bringing three tornadoes in Iowa, a 73 mph wind gust at Indianapolis International Airport and flash flooding from heavy rain in [Read More…]
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Escaped Georgia inmate wanted for murder kills himself as authorities close in
Gulf County Sheriffs Office(NEW YORK) — An escaped Georgia inmate who was named as the suspect in a fatal shooting over a botched drug deal in Florida earlier this week took his own life on [Read More…]
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NJ man arrested for guns, drugs also had document on ‘owning a slave’: DOJ
U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of New Jersey(NEW YORK) — A 57-year-old man charged with owning a cache of weapons, including a grenade launcher, and with the intent to sell methamphetamine also owned a [Read More…]
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San Francisco International Airport bans sale of small plastic water bottles
JHVEPhoto/iStock(SAN FRANCISCO) — If you’re looking to buy a small plastic water bottle when you go to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), you’re out of luck. A ban on the sale of plastic water bottles [Read More…]
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Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women for sex while on work release, women say in lawsuits
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein had sex with women who were trafficked to his Florida office and home while he was on work release from jail in 2009, two of those women alleged in [Read More…]
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Veterinarian emphasizes the importance of Coggins testing
A Wisconsin state veterinarian is urging the owners of horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and ponies to step up fly control, equipment sterilization, and Coggins testing after two related cases of Equine Infectious Anemia were found [Read More…]
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Disaster loans offered by SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration is now offering Economic Injury Disaster Loans because of rain and flash flooding last fall. Debbie Freeland with the SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance says small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, [Read More…]
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Man sentenced in grain fraud case dies by suicide
The northwest Missouri farmer sentenced to federal prison for running the largest organic food fraud scheme has been found dead. The coroner has ruled Randy Constant’s death a suicide A federal judge sentenced Constant last [Read More…]
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Glyphosate and cereal – should you be concerned?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released a report saying it found traces of the herbicide glyphosate in nearly 20 oat-based cereals and snacks in a new round of testing the group commissioned. Should you [Read More…]
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Cattle futures take back some of last week’s losses
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed higher on strong wholesale values during the session and this week’s potentially higher cash trade. Feeder cattle futures closed higher on the same factors with additional support [Read More…]
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Volatility continues in the lean hog market
A market analyst says he doesn’t expect the volatility in the lean hog market to ease up anytime soon. John Heinberg with Stewart-Peterson says any news coming out of China is causing the market to [Read More…]
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Judge blocks Missouri SB 391
Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce has temporarily blocked implementation of Missouri’s Senate Bill 391. The law – that was to take effect in a week – prohibits counties from passing ordinances stricter than state laws [Read More…]
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Deering: Valley Oaks circumstances ‘slap in the face’
The owners of a western Missouri cattle and beef company have announced they’re leaving the beef processing business after a long and costly fight to expand it. Valley Oaks Steak Company applied last year to [Read More…]
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University of Wisconsin Agronomy & Soils Field Day
Brownfield’s Larry Lee will cover the University of Wisconsin Agronomy & Soils Field Day on August 28, 2019 in Arlington, Wisconsin. Continue reading University of Wisconsin Agronomy & Soils Field Day at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
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High management wheat yields
Yields in this year’s Michigan Wheat Performance Trials are nearly double of what USDA is forecasting for a national winter wheat average. Experts say part of the reason is the cooler weather, but high management [Read More…]
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Russia refuses to share data after nuclear explosion, alarming monitors, US officials
MaxOzerov/iStock(MOSCOW) — A senior Russian official said the country did not have to share with international monitors any data about a recent nuclear blast that spiked radiation levels in a northern region of the country. [Read More…]