Year: 2019
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Censky: farm bill implementation tracker will ensure timely roll-out
USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky says the USDA will move as quickly as possible to implement the 2018 Farm Bill. He says the department has created a farm bill implementation tracker system to ensure there [Read More…]
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Wisconsin legislators take testimony on dairy crisis, tax proposal
Wisconsin Capitol building The Wisconsin Senate and Assembly ag committees are hearing about the dairy crisis Tuesday. Industry experts have been invited to testify on dairy markets and other production issues facing Wisconsin producers beginning [Read More…]
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Wide-ranging temperatures across the Heartland
On the Plains, warmth lingers across Oklahoma and Texas, but sub-zero temperatures blanket Montana and the Dakotas. Gusty winds and snow showers are adding to the discomfort for livestock on the northern Plains. Across the [Read More…]
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Purdue workshops to focus on crop marketing and farm finance
Hoosier farmers will learn how to improve their crop marketing and financial management skills at eight upcoming workshops from the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture and Purdue Extension. Purdue University’s Jim Mintert says the workshops [Read More…]
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Growers made changes to improve soybean yields, win state contest
Wisconsin soybean producers talk about how they were able to get decent yields in a year of adverse weather. Continue reading Growers made changes to improve soybean yields, win state contest at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
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Corn farmers lash out after Bud Light Super Bowl ad
Stratol/iStock(NEW YORK) — A controversy is brewing over Bud Light’s Super Bowl ad. In the commercial, Bud Light used its air time to point out that its competitors, Miller Lite and Coors Light, use corn [Read More…]
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Virginia state trooper dies after getting shot during drug raid
Virginia State Police(FARMVILLE, Va.) — A Virginia State Police trooper who was shot in the line of duty Monday night has died, authorities said. Trooper Lucas B. Dowell, a member of the state police’s tactical [Read More…]
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Paris apartment fire kills 10, injures more than 30; arson suspected
pictore/iStock(PARIS) — At least 10 people were killed and 37 others injured when flames engulfed an apartment building in an affluent western Paris neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters at the [Read More…]
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Colder air to settle across the Heartland
Frigid weather will prevail for the remainder of the week from the northern Rockies into the upper Midwest. In stark contrast, significantly above-normal temperatures will cover much of the South and East until late in [Read More…]
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Rihanna launches new ‘Savage x Fenty’ subscription box for $60
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fenty Beauty(NEW YORK) — The big boom in subscription services doesn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon, and now Rihanna wants in, too. Rihanna officially announced on Instagram her [Read More…]
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Record snow in Seattle as Southeast gets early spring
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Seattle saw record snowfall on Monday, with parts of the Pacific Northwest seeing 3 inches that shut down schools and offices and canceled hundreds of flights. The June Mountain resort in [Read More…]
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As mysterious BMW fires continue, calls for investigation grow
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — Despite continued reports of parked BMWs bursting into flames, the government watchdog for automotive safety does not have an active investigation into possible causes. Consumers have filed more than [Read More…]
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Pregnant woman fatally stabbed in New York City apartment building
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — Police are searching for a suspect in the death of a pregnant New York woman who was stabbed multiple times in her apartment building. Jennifer Irigoyen, a 35-year-old real estate agent, was [Read More…]
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Known MS-13 gang member one of two suspects arrested in fatal shooting on NYC subway platform
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — Police have arrested the suspected gunman who fatally shot another man on a subway platform in New York City on Sunday. The 26-year-old suspect is a known MS-13 gang member who was [Read More…]
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Trail runner kills attacking mountain lion ‘in self-defense,’ authorities say
Ben Masters/iStock(FORT COLLINS, Colo.) — A runner killed a mountain lion “in self-defense” after the animal attacked him along a trail in northern Colorado on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The unnamed man heard something behind [Read More…]
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Paris apartment fire kills eight, injures more than 30; arson suspected
pictore/iStock(PARIS) — At least eight people were killed and more than 30 others injured when flames engulfed an apartment building in an affluent western Paris neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz told reporters [Read More…]
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Iowa Pork Producers’ attorney on nuisance suits and ‘ag-gag’
Eldon McAfee Eldon McAfee, attorney with the Des Moines-based Brick Gentry Law Firm, serves as legal counsel for the Iowa Pork Producers Association. At the recent Iowa Pork Congress, we asked McAfee for an update on [Read More…]
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Top US commander: Political talks with Taliban ‘absolutely’ key part of any endgame in Afghanistan war
ABC News(KABUL) — Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has taken over at a pivotal moment in America’s longest war. The four-star general was here right after Sept. 11, 2001. “Did you [Read More…]
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District meetings bring the MSMC to members
The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council begins a series of district meetings this coming week. Tom Steever spoke to Christine Tew, Communications Director, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, who says the meetings, held in different areas of [Read More…]
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National Corn Growers seek talks with brewer about Super Bowl ad
A farmer-leader with the National Corn Growers Association says they’re continuing to reach out to the brewers of Bud Light about the negative message of their Super Bowl commercial. Vice President Kevin Ross from Minden [Read More…]