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Multiple casualties in New Mexico Greyhound bus crash
KRQE(THOREAU, N.M.) — Multiple casualties and serious injuries have been reported after a Greyhound bus crash in New Mexico Thursday afternoon, police said. “There are multiple serious injuries and passengers transported. Officers and EMS are [Read More…]
Pipestone vet says ordinance won’t prevent CAFO
A partner with Pipestone says a new county ordinance in Missouri won’t stop them from moving ahead with their planned hog operation. Todd Williams is also a veterinarian with Pipestone who tells Brownfield they are [Read More…]
Cattle futures higher ahead of cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed higher despite lack of direction from the cash trade. Wholesale values were supportive at midday. October live cattle closed .37 higher at $109.07 and December live cattle [Read More…]
Potentially “huge” soybean markets
An American Soybean Association officer says the world market for soybeans has not decreased because of China’s shift away from the U.S as a major buyer. Kevin Scott farms in southeast South Dakota, “Other countries [Read More…]
Michigan asparagus production down
Michigan produced a little less asparagus this year. The USDA says production was down 2% at 238-thousand hundredweight. About 85-hundred acres were harvested for fresh market and processing, which is 500 acres less than last [Read More…]
Site tours for new specialty soybean processing plant
The site of a new processing plant has been selected in southeast Missouri for high oleic, non-GMO specialty soybeans, “We have this vision of how we could actually help facilitate movement of goods and being [Read More…]
Trump headed to South Dakota for Kristi Noem fundraiser
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to South Dakota’s biggest city for a fundraiser for Republican governor candidate Kristi Noem. An invitation to the event shows Trump’s visit to South Dakota [Read More…]
30 years and $3 billion later, one of America’s largest civil works projects set to open on Ohio River
Louisville U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(OLMSTED, Ill.) — On the banks of the Ohio River in southern Illinois, construction has been underway since the Reagan administration to complete one of the largest civil works projects [Read More…]
Missing teen girl, coach found in Northern California; coach charged: Sheriff
San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office(STOCKTON, Calif.) — (STOCKTON, Calif.) — A week after a 16-year-old girl went missing with her former high school wrestling coach, the two were found together early Thursday at a home [Read More…]
Missing teen girl, coach found in Northern California; coach charged: Sheriff
San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office(STOCKTON, Calif.) — (STOCKTON, Calif.) — A week after a 16-year-old girl went missing with her former high school wrestling coach, the two were found together early Thursday at a home [Read More…]
Mystery woman found safe was wearing bondage cuffs, police identify her boyfriend
Montgomery County Sheriff(HOUSTON) — A worried ex-wife, a pair of broken bondage cuffs and a girlfriend’s desperate search for help. The story of a mystery woman in Texas who rang a doorbell in the middle [Read More…]
Pinkfong is K-pop for the next generation
Pinkfong via Facebook(SEOUL) — An animated cartoon fox named Pinkfong is taking the children’s music industry by storm. The magenta-colored character first took-off with a viral song called “Baby Shark,” which recently surpassed 1.6 billion [Read More…]
Stine releases new LibertyLink GT27 brand soybean options
Stine Seed Company has released 44 Stine LibertyLink GT27 brand soybean options for the 2019 sales season. LibertyLink GT27 is the first commercially available soybean trait package that offers built-in tolerance to both glyphosate and [Read More…]
Perdue’s take on China
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue discussed trade negotiations with China, during his visit to the Farm Progress Show Wednesday. “I think really the story is we’re trying to lower expectations,” Perdue said. “But I think [Read More…]
Perdue explains trade aid formula
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue addressed concerns about how USDA calculates trade aid payments while in Iowa this week. Speaking to reporters in Ames after participating in an ag round-table hosted by Iowa Governor Kim [Read More…]
NIAA 2018 Livestock Traceability Forum
Brownfield News Director Julie Harker will be on the ground in Kansas City September 25 – 26 for the NIAA 2018 Livestock Traceability Forum. Continue reading NIAA 2018 Livestock Traceability Forum at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
ASA president fears Chinese soybean demand forever changed
The president of the American Soybean Association is concerned about long-term damage caused by the trade war with China. ASA president John Heisdorffer, a farmer from Keota, Iowa, says—in his opinion—Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans [Read More…]
Trump administration backs Asian-Americans in Harvard discrimination case
Harvard University(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday sided with a group of students rejected for admission by Harvard University who allege the school discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Filing a “statement of interest” in the [Read More…]
DOJ sides with group claiming Harvard discriminates against Asian-Americans
Harvard University(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday sided with a group of Harvard University students and parents who allege the school discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Filing a “statement of interest” in the yearslong case, [Read More…]
Feds charge man for making violent threats against Boston Globe employees
iStock/Thinkstock(ENCINO, Calif.) — A California man was arrested Thursday and charged with making violent threats to employees of the Boston Globe in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial campaign against political attacks on the media, officials [Read More…]
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