Month: August 2019
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Pilot in Navy Super Hornet jet crash has died
Jack Mullins/iStock(DEATH VALLEY, Calif.) — A U.S. Navy single-seat F/A-18E fighter jet crashed on Wednesday in Death Valley, California, according to the Navy. The pilot has died and seven individuals on the ground suffered minor [Read More…]
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Granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, found dead at Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, sources say
deebrowning/iStock(BARNSTABLE, Mass.) — Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, was found dead on Thursday afternoon at the Kennedy Compound, according to a law enforcement source and people close to the [Read More…]
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Police respond to ‘unattended death’ at Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, district attorney says
deebrowning/iStock(BARNSTABLE, Mass.) — Barnstable police were called to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, for a report of an “unattended death,” the Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said in a statement. “The [Read More…]
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USDA disaster declaration approved for 21 counties
Twenty-one Wisconsin counties have been designated by Ag Secretary Perdue as primary natural disaster areas. That means producers in those counties can apply for low interest FSA loans from losses caused by winterkill, rain, freezing [Read More…]
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Analyst sees USDA decrease corn acres 5 to 6 million
A market analyst expects the USDA to reduce corn acreage five to six million following a resurvey of U.S. planted acres. Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics says this was a historically bad spring to [Read More…]
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Federal farm payments are high, but not a record
Agriculture economist David Widmar says the latest Market Facilitation Program outlay results in direct farm payments being higher than in recent memory, but not at record levels. Widmar, the co-founder of Ag Economic Insights, tells [Read More…]
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Minnesota Ag Water Quality program hits milestone
More than 500,000 acres have been certified in Minnesota’s Ag Water Quality Certification Program. Governor Walz recognized the achievement by visiting a farm north of the Twin Cities. Since its launch in 2015, 772 farmers [Read More…]
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Soybeans sink on China questions
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. China did buy old and new crop U.S. beans ahead of the recent trade talks, but nothing since, even with a pledge to buy more U.S. [Read More…]
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Hog futures drop on new tariff talk
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were higher, waiting to see how much direct trade is left to be done this week. August was up $.97 at $107.87 and October was $1.07 higher at $108.72. [Read More…]
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Warm conditions speed up some crop development
A southern Indiana farmer says recent hot and humid conditions have boosted crop development in his area. David Ring grows corn, soybeans, and wheat in Dubois County. “Two weeks ago we had a heat [Read More…]
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North Korea launches another projectile, US official says
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SEOUL) — North Korea has fired at least one projectile into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News. The official said that the projectile is similar to the two launched [Read More…]
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American charged with joining ISIS after capture in Syria
wingedwolf/iStock(DALLAS) — An American citizen captured in Syria has been charged by federal prosecutors in Dallas, Texas, for allegedly joining the terrorist group ISIS. A criminal complaint unsealed in Texas’ Northern District Court Thursday alleged [Read More…]
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“Epic Universe”: new theme park coming to Universal Orlando
Universal Orlando Resort (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Theme park lovers, brace yourselves. There’s a whole new park opening at Universal Orlando Resort. Here is everything we know so far: It’s called Universal’s Epic Universe and referred [Read More…]
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‘Erroneous reporting’ on Garlic Festival shooting suspect’s ideology: FBI
vmargineanu/iStock(GILROY, Calif.) — Citing “erroneous reporting,” the FBI special agent in charge of the FBI San Francisco’s office said there’s been no determination yet on any ideology of the suspect who killed three and wounded [Read More…]
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Ahead of Rossello’s resignation, protesters in Puerto Rico still fighting for ‘sea of change’
NatanaelGinting/iStock(SAN JUAN, P.R.) — Immediately after Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his plans to resign amid a political scandal and under the pressure of sustained, mass protests, residents of the island erupted into roaring [Read More…]
Ag News
Critical time to scout soybeans for defoliators
An integrated pest management specialist is encouraging growers to scout soybean fields for insects. Bruce Potter with University of Minnesota Extension says the crop becomes more susceptible as it goes through its reproductive phase. “They [Read More…]
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Families of American teens detained in Rome in connection to cop’s murder speak out
piola666/iStock(LONDON) — The fathers of two American teenagers detained in Rome have visited their sons for the first time since the teens were accused of killing an Italian police officer. Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, and [Read More…]
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Iran calls US sanctions on its foreign minister ‘childish’
studiocasper/iStock(NEW YORK) — Iran’s leadership called U.S. sanctions against its foreign minister “childish” and pushed back on the Trump administration’s assertion that he did not speak for the country’s decision makers. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani [Read More…]
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Prosecutors decline to pursue grand jury indictment against father in NY hot
BCFC/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York prosecutors said Thursday they will not pursue a grand jury indictment against a father whose 1-year-old twins sweltered to death when he mistakenly left them for eight hours in his [Read More…]
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Canadian farmer is in third year of growing organic industrial hemp
Adam Ornawka discussed his experience with organic hemp production at the recent Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit. A Canadian farmer who has been growing organic industrial hemp for grain for the past three years says it’s “definitely [Read More…]