Month: January 2020
Ag News
Wisconsin agency tracked 2019 ag export losses
A Wisconsin ag department official says the tariff and trade disputes over the last year made a considerable dent in ag exports. Wisconsin’s Director of the International Agribusiness Center Mark Rhoda-Reis tells Brownfield some December [Read More…]
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Corn sees slight oversold bounce
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling, with the most active months posting a big week to week drop, more than $.25. Beans saw another round of pressure from concerns about demand from [Read More…]
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Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference
Brownfield’s Ken Anderson will be in Mead, Nebraska February 13, 2020 for the Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference, sponsored by UNL Extension. Continue reading Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference at Brownfield [Read More…]
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CattleFax’s Kevin Good looks at the cattle inventory report
CattleFax market analyst Kevin Good says Friday’s cattle inventory report came out about as expected. “It would suggest that the beef cow herd plateaued about 12 months ago and actually declined by one percent—and there [Read More…]
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Michigan reinstates Simpson after 1-game suspension
Michigan point guard Zavier Simpson has been reinstated after he was suspended one game for an unspecified violation of team rules
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Wild return from break ready to make final push for playoffs
The Minnesota Wild have returned from their break, confident they can still make the playoffs
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Best of Super Bowl Friday
It’s Super Bowl Friday, the second most exciting day of the week!
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Preview capsule for 49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl
The San Francisco 49ers seek their record-tying sixth Super Bowl title when they take on the Kansas City Chiefs for the championship
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Reid it and Weep
Andy Reid’s Hall of Fame chances depend on winning a Super Bowl. He gets his second chance on Sunday.
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Florida looks for defensive turnaround amid disappointment
Florida’s men’s basketball season opened with so much hype and even more hope
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Dolphins’ Ryan Fitzpatrick says he wants to be back in 2020
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick says he wants to play next season at age 37, and he’ll likely be back with the Miami Dolphins
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Rennes scores twice deep into injury time to beat Nantes 3-2
Champions League-chasing Rennes equalized in the fifth minute of injury time and scored the winner three minutes later to beat Nantes 3-2 in the French league
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Yoshi the sea turtle sets record with 22,000‑mile swim in 2 years
hocus-focus/iStock(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — A sea turtle from Australia has officially left all other long-distance swimmers in her wake after recording nearly 22,000 miles in two years on her open water journey. “Yoshi has [Read More…]
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NFL shatters goal of 100 million volunteer minutes
Roger Goodell’s goal as part of the NFL’s celebration of its 100th season was to reach 100 million minutes of volunteerism
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The mission for 100-year-old veterans: Super Bowl coin flip
There’s not a lot left to do at the age of 100
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Struggling NYC cabs may add surge pricing to compete with Uber and Lyft
OSTILL/iStock(NEW YORK) — New York City officials and advocates proposed Friday that its yellow cab drivers, who are struggling with growing debt from taxi medallions that have plummeted in value, adopt surge pricing to compete [Read More…]
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Community leaders call out elected officials, schools for lack of classroom education to prevent human trafficking
recep-bg/iStock(NEW YORK) — Every year the number of boys and girls that are identified as victims of human trafficking increases around the world and in the United States, yet, there’s only one state that requires [Read More…]
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Chiefs, 49ers go through final Super Bowl practices
Chiefs, 49ers go through final Super Bowl practices
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Atlanta United deals popular MF Villalba to Paraguayan club
Atlanta United has given up another key player from its MLS Cup team, selling popular midfielder Tito Villalba to Club Libertad in Paraguay
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US declares public health emergency over coronavirus, announces temporary travel ban
Boarding1Now/iStoc(NEW YORK) — Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar declared a public health emergency in the United States at a White House press briefing on coronavirus Friday. U.S. citizens returning from Hubei province [Read More…]