Year: 2019
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 15, 2019
Mar. corn closed at $3.71 and 1/4, down 7 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $8.93 and 1/4, down 10 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $309.30, down $2.50Mar. soybean oil closed at 28.24, down [Read More…]
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Lighthizer saw no progress on key issues in China talks, Grassley says
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer saw no progress on key issues in last week’s trade talks with China. That’s according to Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who met with Lighthizer late last week. “He (Lighthizer) said [Read More…]
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Student attendance plummets as Los Angeles teachers head into Day 2 of strike
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — As scores of Los Angeles teachers formed picket lines for the second day of a massive strike, school district officials said student attendance plummeted and that the district lost $15 million on [Read More…]
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Grandfather of man suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs: ‘Nobody had any clues’
Barron County Sheriff(BARRON, Wisc.) — The young man accused of abducting a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, gunning down her parents and holding the child captive had been “a perfectly nice kid,” according to his grandfather. “Nobody [Read More…]
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New products launched at Precision Planting’s Winter Conference
The two new products launched during Precision Planting’s Winter Conference are designed to help farmers improve their planting system. Precision Planting general manager Justin Kauffman talks about the new products, FurrowForce and SmartDepth, how they [Read More…]
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Lack of market information troublesome
The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the release of information farmers, ranchers, and the market rely on daily. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says the lack of reliable private sources for the information that goes [Read More…]
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Tariffs Hurt the Heartland responds to Trump’s speech
A joint statement issued by Farmers for Free Trade and Americans for Free Trade, in reaction to President Trump’s speech at the American Farm Bureau Convention, says there is uncertainty and fear “among many farmers [Read More…]
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Minnesota farmer encouraged by Trump/Perdue relationship
An American Farm Bureau member says she’s encouraged by the relationship Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue has with President Trump. Minnesota farmer Carolyn Olson serves on AFBF’s Issue Advisory Committee for Organic and Direct Marketing. “Thankfully [Read More…]
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Putting pencil to paper on cover crops
An extension educator recommends putting pencil to paper when making cover crop decisions for 2019. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says with another year of tight margins on the horizon, farmers should do [Read More…]
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High-end complex in Nairobi now secure after ‘suspected terror attack’: Officials
MarkRubens/iStock(NEW YORK) — Kenyan authorities said that all buildings have been secured and that the “situation is under control” after gunfire and explosions erupted at a high-end hotel complex in Nairobi Tuesday afternoon. Authorities are [Read More…]
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Brexit: crushing defeat for Theresa May as deal voted down by Parliament to leave Britain’s future hanging in the balance
LanceB/iStock(LONDON) — The political future of the United Kingdom has once again been thrown into uncertainty after Parliament voted against accepting Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The lead-up to the vote saw the Prime Minister Theresa [Read More…]
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Section of New York’s old Tappan Zee Bridge demolished in controlled explosion
ABC News(NEW YORK) — It spanned the Hudson River for 64 years, but on Tuesday, one of the last remnants of the Tappan Zee Bridge came down in just five seconds. At 10:52 a.m., dynamite [Read More…]
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Consumer demand for high-quality beef is strong
A report from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says retail beef demand is up 15 percent since 2012. NCBA director of market intelligence Alison Krebs says the strong economy is a major factor, but [Read More…]
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CoBank says politics are hurting farmers
A CoBank analyst says right now some of the largest economic difficulties for farmers have been government created. Tanner Emhke tells Brownfield farmers and ranchers have been at the front lines bearing the cost of [Read More…]
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Researcher urges caution on varieties and seeding rates
A soybean researcher is urging producers to be cautious about their 2019 crop inputs. University of Wisconsin’s Shawn Conley has been meeting farmers at winter agronomy meetings, telling them to be cautious about cutting soybean [Read More…]
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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo bans stretch limos and issues new safety laws in wake of deadly crash
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a slew of new safety reforms for limos and large passenger vehicles, outright banning stretch limos and adding a number of regulatory reforms. These [Read More…]
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UC Irvine fraternity member dies off-campus, cause of death unknown
Courtesy: Noah Domingo Family(IRVINE, Calif.) — A fraternity at the University of California – Irvine is on interim suspension after one of its youngest members died, officials said. Noah Domingo, an initiated member of Sigma [Read More…]
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Gillette uses new ad to urge men to get rid of ‘toxic masculinity’ in #MeToo era
Gillette/YouTube(NEW YORK) — Gillette has been known for the past 30 years as a brand for men with the tagline, “The best a man can get.” Now the shaving company, owned by Procter & Gamble, [Read More…]
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Judge bans citizenship question in 2020 census, says Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ‘violated public trust’
liveslow/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Trump administration cannot ask a question about citizenship status in the 2020 census, a federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman concluded that Commerce Secretary Wilbur [Read More…]
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Trump administration can’t ask about citizenship status in 2020 census, federal judge rules
liveslow/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Trump administration cannot ask a question about citizenship status in the 2020 census, a federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman concluded that Commerce Secretary Wilbur [Read More…]