Year: 2019
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Illinois economist doesn’t expect drastic farmland value shifts
There are mixed opinions about what direction farmland values will go this year and in the years to come. Professor Todd Kuethe from the University of Illinois says he’s not expecting a lot of change [Read More…]
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High-end complex in Nairobi under ‘attack,’ police say
MarkRubens/iStock(LONDON) — Gunfire and an explosion have been reported at a high-end complex in Kenya’s capital Tuesday afternoon in what authorities are calling an “attack incident.” Video from the scene in Nairobi’s affluent Westlands neighborhood [Read More…]
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Brexit: Vote to take place in parliament as Britain’s future hangs in balance
MicroStockHub/iStock(LONDON) — After two years of protracted negotiations, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to take Britain out of the European Union is set to go before Parliament for a vote on Tuesday. The [Read More…]
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Ford debuts 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500, its most powerful street-legal car
Ford Motor(DETROIT) — European supercars, you’ve met your match. Ford Motor on Monday debuted its new 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 sports car — the fastest and most advanced street-legal vehicle ever produced by the Dearborn, [Read More…]
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Captain, passengers reunite for 10th anniversary of ‘Miracle on the Hudson’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — When a US Airways jet suddenly plunged from the sky and toward the icy Hudson River 10 years ago, Eric Stevenson thought about his mother, his sister, his friends and he [Read More…]
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Unpaid federal workers get help from food banks during government shutdown
asiseeit/iStock(NEW YORK) — Food banks around the country near military bases or in cities with a lot of federal government employees have been stepping up to help the furloughed or unpaid workers during the government [Read More…]
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UNC chancellor stepping down, plans to remove what’s left of ‘Silent Sam’ statue
DNY59/iStock(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — The chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is slated to step down later this year, but she plans to settle a controversial debate before she leaves. Carol [Read More…]
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Houston man may get 20 years in prison for chase that led to fatal crash
KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — A grand jury on Monday indicted a Houston man accused of chasing a teen and causing a fatal car crash on New Year’s Day. Christopher Lopez, 48, was charged with three felonies after [Read More…]
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Severe storms heading for West Coast, then speeding east
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Several storms this week are forecast to hit the West Coast and then move across the country. Seven states from California to Colorado are under snow, flood or high-wind alerts Tuesday [Read More…]
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Man convicted in murder of 15-year-old sentenced to 84 years in prison
Kuzma/iStock(CHICAGO) — One of the two men convicted in the 2013 murder of 15-year-old Chicago honor student Hadiya Pendleton has been sentenced to 84 years in prison. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, 2013, when [Read More…]
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World’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak reaches 600 confirmed cases
omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said. Since the outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. [Read More…]
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Brexit: Vote to take place in parliament as Britain’s future hangs in balance
MicroStockHub/iStock(LONDON) — After two years of protracted negotiations, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to take Britain out of the European Union is set to go before Parliament for a vote on Tuesday. The [Read More…]
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Trump returns for AFBF’s 100th
President Trump found a friendly audience at the 100th American Farm Bureau Convention. The president found little resistance to his desire to build a wall on the nation’s southern border. A big part of his [Read More…]
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Pentagon extends southern border mission through September
Sherry Smith/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has extended the U.S. military’s support mission along the southwestern border through the end of September. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan also approved a request from the Department of Homeland [Read More…]
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Peel says trade impacts, direct and hidden, will grow
Trade impacts will become bigger and hidden impacts will rise if trade issues continue, according to a beef marketing specialist. Derrell Peel, with Oklahoma State University Extension, tells Brownfield Ag News, “Projections for U.S. macroeconomic [Read More…]
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NCGA concerned about U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA
The National Corn Growers Association views the possibility of U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA as risky and potentially very detrimental to farmers. NCGA president Lynn Chrisp of Nebraska says they’re letting the Trump Administration know how [Read More…]
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Marshall to chair Missouri Farmers Care
The new chairman of the Missouri Farmers Care Coalition says there remains a need to fight extremist groups that go after production agriculture, like the Humane Society of the U.S., “They continue to work at [Read More…]
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ACE concerned history could repeat itself at EPA
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is calling on U.S. Senators to ensure history does not repeat itself if Andrew Wheeler is formally confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. ACE CEO Brian Jennings [Read More…]
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Cattle futures drift ahead of cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed with a weak undertone pressured weaker wholesale values and waiting for direction from this week’s cash trade. Feeder cattle were also lower on long liquidation. [Read More…]
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Rome mayor agrees to keep Trevi Fountain coins going to charity
fazon1/iStock(ROME) — Each day, some $3,500 in coins are thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain by tourists making wishes. This scene, made famous by the 1954 film “Three Coins in the Fountain,” has been a windfall [Read More…]