Month: August 2019
Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile ‘likely’ cause of fatal explosion in Russia, US official says
macky_ch/iStock(MOSCOW) — The explosion in northern Russia last week that killed 7 people “likely” involved Russia’s new nuclear-powered cruise missile, a U.S. official said. Russian authorities have given conflicting information about the explosion and whether [Read More…]
Some calm after spring storms
A seed company rep in southwest Minnesota says the growing season has calmed down after an alarming spring. Craig LaVoi with Peterson Farms Seed tells Brownfield the consensus in his part of the country is [Read More…]
Live, feeder cattle futures drop the daily limit
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were limit down on long liquidation and the losses in the broader market. The uncertainties about the impact of the plant fire in southwestern Kansas added to the session’s [Read More…]
USDA raises new crop corn ending stocks
The USDA tightened its outlook for the domestic new crop carryover for soybeans, while raising projections for corn and wheat. Soybean ending stocks for the next marketing year are expected to be 755 million bushels, [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 12, 2019
Sep. corn closed at $3.85 and 1/4, down 25 centsAug. soybeans closed at $8.61 and 1/2, down 12 and 1/4 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $291.90, down $4.80Aug. soybean oil closed at 29.64, up 13 [Read More…]
State Fair: Late livestock entry extension helped
The livestock superintendent at the Missouri State Fair says the fair commission’s decision to extend the late entry date with no fee has really made a difference, “Most of our entries, I think, came close [Read More…]
Special Weather Statement issued August 12 at 2:56PM MDT by NWS
…Weak Funnel Clouds Possible this Afternoon… As showers and isolated thunderstorms develop this afternoon, the environment will be favorable for the support of funnel clouds. Usually funnel clouds are weak and they may or may [Read More…]
Federal charges filed against friend of Dayton gunman Connor Betts for allegedly lying on federal firearms forms, authorities say
Montgomery County Sheriffs Office(NEW YORK) — Federal charges have been filed against a friend of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, authorities say. Ethan Kollie, 24, allegedly lied on federal firearms forms [Read More…]
Family of man seen handcuffed, led by Texas officers on horseback demand body camera video: ‘The clock is ticking’
Erin Toberman/Facebook(GALVESTON, Texas) — The family of the man who could be seen in a viral photo last week handcuffed and bound with rope as two white police officers in Texas led him down the [Read More…]
Bureau of Prisons faces more scrutiny after the death of Jeffrey Epstein
Vesnaandjic/iStock(NEW YORK) — The death of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is just the latest in a string of incidents that have plagued the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the last year. Last October, mobster [Read More…]
Special Weather Statement issued August 12 at 1:14PM MDT by NWS
…Weak Funnel Clouds Possible this Afternoon… As showers and isolated thunderstorms develop this afternoon, the environment will be favorable for the support of funnel clouds. Usually funnel clouds are weak and they may or may [Read More…]
Farm Bureau honors 114 farm families at Fair
Farm families from all of Missouri counties are being honored today by Missouri Farm Bureau at the Missouri State Fair. One of those is the Wright family, from southeast Missouri’s Carter County, “We have 120 [Read More…]
Nike launches first-ever sneaker subscription service for kids
Instagram/@nikeadventureclub(NEW YORK) — Nike has a solution for all the parents who constantly have to buy new sneakers for their children: a subscription service. On Monday, the brand announced that for the first time ever [Read More…]
Stampede in Houston mall after man issues public threat
ABC News(HOUSTON) — Chaos ensued at the Memorial City Mall in Houston, Texas, this weekend when a masked man jumped on a table in the food court and proclaimed he was going to kill himself, [Read More…]
Federal charges filed against friend of Dayton gunman
DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) — Federal charges have been filed against the friend of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, last week. The friend, who was not identified in a press release from the [Read More…]
Delaware becomes first no-kill state for animal shelters, activists say
lesliejmorris/iStock(DOVER, Del.) — Delaware has become the first no-kill state in the U.S. for animals that enter shelters, according to animal welfare activists. The Best Friends Animal Society, which tracks no-kill rates by state, announced [Read More…]
Karma Automotive hopes for a second chance in the auto industry
Karma Automotive(NEW YORK) — Detroit may be the nation’s hub of car manufacturing and engineering, but 3,000 miles away in Southern California, a boutique automaker is looking to reclaim a place at the table. It’s [Read More…]
AG OUTLOOK FORUM
Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground in Kansas City on September 23 for the Ag Outlook Forum presented by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City & Agri-Pulse. Continue reading AG OUTLOOK FORUM [Read More…]
Olive Garden fans can snag exclusive lifetime pasta pass today only
Olive Garden(NEW YORK) — Olive Garden is taking the term “endless pasta-bilities” to a whole new level. The Italian restaurant chain announced the return of the never-ending Pasta Pass and introduced a first-of-its-kind Lifetime Pasta [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued August 12 at 8:21AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Nebraska…South Dakota… Missouri River Near Greenwood Missouri River Near Verdel Missouri River At Niobrara Missouri River At Springfield