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Meat processing labor pains could impact prices
Unemployment rates are low, and the lack of available labor could create a bottleneck in the meat processing sector and drive prices lower. Christine McCracken with RaboResearch says processing typically peaks in the fall, and [Read More…]
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Drier as rains settle southward across the Heartland
Showers and thunderstorms currently stretching from the Great Lakes region into the Southwest will slowly shift southeastward. As a result, 5-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 3 inches in a broad area including the [Read More…]
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Pyrethroid-resistant soybean aphids found in west-central Minnesota
An integrated pest management specialist says this is the fourth consecutive year of pyrethroid-resistant soybean aphids in Minnesota. Bruce Potter with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield resistance to the insecticide was first documented [Read More…]
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Crops evening out for south-central Minnesota farmer
A south-central Minnesota farmer says crops are evening out after a wet start to the growing season. Kristin Weeks-Duncanson of Mapleton tells Brownfield her corn and soybeans are improving, but many fields have potholes from [Read More…]
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Minnesota farmers hoping for trade resolution
Minnesota farmers remain hopeful the trade situation with China gets resolved soon. Matt Alford is a corn and soybean grower from Blue Earth. “The hope is that long-term it will be beneficial, but it kind [Read More…]
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Defense Department bans geolocation features on tech devices due to security risk
Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Fitbit(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense is prohibiting personnel from using geolocation features on their devices while serving in certain locations after concerns that the information transmitted from such devices was [Read More…]
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California fire officials say they have plenty of water to fight wildfires, despite Trump’s tweet
ABCNews.com(LOS ANGELES) — Not long after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for California as it fights multiple large wildfires, he blamed California’s Democratic governor for what he said was a lack of water [Read More…]
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Russia makes action star Steven Seagal a special humanitarian envoy to the US
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — It’s one of the oddest, if not the toughest, roles he has ever played. Steven Seagal, the 1990s action movie star, has been enlisted as a special envoy by Russia’s foreign ministry to [Read More…]
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Trump’s legal defense fund hasn’t listed any legal expenses: Tax documents
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A legal defense fund set up to help Trump allies caught up in the ongoing probe of Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election does not appear to have spent any [Read More…]
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Man jumps out of freezer, attacks workers at popular New York City restaurant
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In the middle of busy Sunday brunch, employees at a popular Upper West Side restaurant in Manhattan discovered something very unexpected in the kitchen. A man who had been hiding in the [Read More…]
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Swiss World War II plane crash kills 20 on board, operator suspends operations
iStock/Thinkstock(ZURICH) — The airline whose vintage World War II plane crashed into a mountain in southeastern Switzerland, killing all 20 people on board, said it was “deeply saddened” and has suspended all flight operations until [Read More…]
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Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel says ‘our souls are burdened’ over city’s latest deadly weekend
Joshua Lott/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city’s police superintendent made an emotional plea for help in holding repeat gun offenders accountable after a deadly weekend in the Illinois city. “We have [Read More…]
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NCBA wants USDA oversight of lab-produced meat
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) wants the USDA—not the FDA— to have oversight of lab-grown fake meat products. NCBA president Kevin Kester says any product classified as meat needs to be inspected by USDA’s [Read More…]
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Soybean export inspections speed up
The USDA reports corn export inspections as of the week ending August 2nd continue to trail expectations for the current marketing year. The 2017/18 marketing year for corn, sorghum, and soybeans runs through the end [Read More…]
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Study shows adults in the U.S. spend more than 11 hours a day interacting with media
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Study shows adults in the U.S. spend more than 11 hours a day interacting with media It’s no surprise that people in the United States are massively into mass media, but [Read More…]
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Reward for missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts at $260,000, breaking record
Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office(IOWA CITY, Iowa) — The reward for information about missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is now $260,000, breaking a record in that part of the state. The 20-year-old University of Iowa [Read More…]
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Weed control in soy this season
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Scorching heat has people sweating on both coasts
ABC News (NEW YORK) — If the recent dry and hot weather wasn’t problem enough, another heat wave is on the way for the West Coast from Los Angeles to Seattle to start the work [Read More…]
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Dramatic video shows Atlanta police pulling trapped passenger out of car engulfed in flames
Atlanta Police Department(ATLANTA) — A very lucky passenger in a car accident in Atlanta has two police officers to thank for saving his life from an inferno consuming the vehicle. Two officers from the Atlanta [Read More…]