Year: 2019
Ag News
Hog futures lower on profit-taking
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed firm on commercial buying and some carry over support from Monday’s sharply higher wholesale values. Feeder cattle closed weak to lower on profit taking and contracts [Read More…]
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Winter Weather Advisory issued February 05 at 4:59PM MST until February 07 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations Wednesday night and Thursday of 2 to 5 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as [Read More…]
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Police officer justified in fatal mall shooting of ‘EJ’ Bradford: Alabama AG
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(HOOVER, Ala.) — An Alabama police officer was justified in killing a legally-armed 21-year-old African-American man while responding to a shooting allegedly committed by someone else at a mall on Thanksgiving night, Alabama Attorney General [Read More…]
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Young woman’s bound body discovered in suitcase along Connecticut road: Police
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(GREENWICH, Conn.) — A young woman’s bound body was discovered in a suitcase along the side of a road in Greenwich, Connecticut, police said. The woman, whose identity was not released, was believed to be [Read More…]
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Taliban and senior Afghan politicians hold talks in Moscow, upsetting government
Vitalij Sova/iStock(MOSCOW) — Taliban officials and senior Afghan political leaders met in Moscow on Tuesday for peace talks, despite objections from Afghanistan’s government, which criticized the meeting as undermining its legitimacy. The two-day gathering was [Read More…]
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Former Uber driver Justin Dalton gets life sentence in 2016 Michigan killing spree
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(KALAMAZOO, Mich.) — A former Uber driver who went on a 2016 shooting rampage in Michigan that left six strangers dead and two severely injured was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the [Read More…]
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Winter Weather Advisory issued February 05 at 2:25PM MST until February 07 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations Wednesday night and Thursday of 2 to 5 inches expected. Winds gusting as high as 35 [Read More…]
Ag News
Flinchbaugh: Congress can end president’s trade war authority
A well-known ag economics expert says agriculture has been an innocent bystander in President Trump’s trade wars which he says MUST end. “Putting tariffs on aluminum and steel was stupid! Period. And it’s had all [Read More…]
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Groups call on Congress to focus on rural infrastructure
The Farm Credit Council has joined a coalition of groups calling on Congress to put more focus on rural infrastructure. The council, which is the national trade association representing Farm Credit institutions in Washington, partnered [Read More…]
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Wheeler’s nomination advances; pressure from ethanol supporters continues
EPA acting administrator Andrew Wheeler is one step closer to officially becoming the new head of EPA. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11 to 10 Tuesday, along party lines, to advance Wheeler’s [Read More…]
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Agronomist shares tips to produce 80 to 100 bushel soybeans consistently
An Iowa Agronomist says there are three agronomic management keys to producing 80 to 100 bushel soybeans consistently. Dan Bjorklund with MaxYield Cooperative tells brownfield looking at genetic selections comes first. “We go for the [Read More…]
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INTLFCStone lowers its Brazilian soybean estimate
Market consulting firm INTLFCStone has made another reduction in its estimate of Brazil’s soybean crop. “We lowered our production estimate from our Brazil team to 112.2 million metric ton, down from 116.3 million metric ton [Read More…]
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Top general says US has not shifted focus to ‘watching’ Iran from Iraq
gorodenkoff/iStock(NEW YORK) — The top U.S. general in the Middle East says the U.S. military’s mission in Iraq is still focused on defeating ISIS, and has not shifted to “watching” Iran as President Donald Trump [Read More…]
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At least 20 people arrested in connection to drug-dealing bikers: State police
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A suburban New York firefighter and a retired police officer are among dozens of people arrested on Tuesday as part of a state police investigation of drug-dealing bikers, two sources with knowledge [Read More…]
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Tyra Banks to launch Modelland, an attraction set to open later this year
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival(NEW YORK) — America’s next top amusement park is…Modelland! That’s right, supermodel Tyra Banks is opening a 21,000-square-foot attraction in Santa Monica, California, that is aimed at bringing modeling [Read More…]
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Pilot in deadly plane crash had false credentials and claimed to be ex-police officer: Sheriff
MattGush/iStock(YORBA LINDA, Calif.) — A man alone in a small plane when it crashed into a Southern California house had false Chicago Police Department credentials on him at the time, officials said Tuesday. The pilot, [Read More…]
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Company loses $190 million in cryptocurrency as CEO dies with sole password
bodnarchuk/iStock(NEW YORK) — Over $190 million in deposits have disappeared into the ether after the CEO of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange took the password to his grave. As a result, on Tuesday, a Vancouver court [Read More…]
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ISDA unveils strategy to grow the state’s hardwood industry
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch has unveiled a new economic development strategy to grow the state’s hardwoods industry. The Indiana Hardwood Strategy will be used to expand current and attract new wood processing facilities to [Read More…]
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Michigan’s governor restructures DEQ
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an Executive Order which transforms the Department of Environmental Quality into the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. “We are elevating protection of the Great Lakes and fresh [Read More…]
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A decline in soybean acres is likely, but where
An ag economist says record stocks of soybeans and the ongoing trade rift with China could be the drivers behind a likely decline in acres planted to soybeans this year. David Widmar with Ag Economic [Read More…]