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Cattle futures higher on demand strength
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher on end of the week buyer support. Strong wholesale values at midday and the demand picture are also supportive of prices. August live cattle [Read More…]
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Texas police officer rescues baby who was choking on a marble
WFAA(PLANO, Texas) — A police officer in Texas helped save a 1-year-old girl who was choking on a marble. Last month, officer Coy Clements responded to a 911 call about an emergency at a resident’s [Read More…]
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School launches investigation, issues apology, after black student says she was racially-profiled
WCVB(NEW YORK) — A black college student is speaking out after a campus employee called the police on her to report seeing someone who appeared to be “out of place.” Oumou Kanoute, a student at [Read More…]
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2 injured after hot air balloon has ‘hard landing’ in Colorado
iStock/Thinkstock(HARTSEL, Colo.) — Two people were injured in Colorado on Friday after the hot air balloon they were traveling in had a “hard landing,” officials said. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the [Read More…]
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CME dairy prices mixed Friday
Milk futures were mixed and cash dairy prices were mostly up at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday. August Class Three milk was up $.07 at $14.88. September was up $.07 to $15.68. October was down [Read More…]
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Is Andrew Wheeler the man to run EPA?
Sen. John Barrasso (R, WY), chair of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, this week publicly encouraged President Trump to make acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler the permanent agency honcho. “Andrew Wheeler would make [Read More…]
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Corn and wheat both intriguing markets
An analyst says while the market seems to be focused on soybeans, there’s an intriguing story taking shape for both corn and wheat. Angie Setzer, vice president of grain for Michigan-based Citizen’s Elevator, tells Brownfield [Read More…]
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Rescuers use dish soap to free trapped rock climber
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(ISANTI, Minn.) — The next time you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place, look to your kitchen sink. It might just hold the key to your freedom. When a 13-year-old rock [Read More…]
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Dozens of goats corralled after busting loose in Boise, Idaho
iStock/Thinkstock(BOISE, Idaho) — Police in Boise, Idaho were called on Friday to help corral as many as 100 hungry goats on the lamb. At about 7 a.m. Friday morning, Boise police received a call advising [Read More…]
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Humanitarian ship resumes Mediterranean migrant rescue patrol despite European resistance
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Leading non-governmental organizations SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have announced that their migrant rescue ship Aquarius would resume patrolling the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The humanitarian groups [Read More…]
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Portugal and Spain brace for potentially record-breaking temperatures
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With Europe facing a wide-ranging heatwave, some areas of Spain and Portugal are bracing for potentially record-breaking temperatures. The current European record of about 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 degrees Celsius), which was [Read More…]
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Harvey Weinstein to seek dismissal of sexual assault charges
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein asked a New York City judge on Friday to throw out the two indictments returned against him in the last few months, arguing the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office [Read More…]
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Suspect in murder of Houston cardiologist kills himself as authorities close in, police say
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — The search for the suspected killer of a Houston doctor who once treated former President George H.W. Bush came to an abrupt end Friday morning when he took his own life as authorities [Read More…]
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China announces $60 billion in tariffs
China says it will impose tariffs on 60 billion dollars in U.S. goods. The announcement was made in response to the Trump administration’s threat to raise proposed tariffs on 200 billion in Chinese goods from [Read More…]
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Smith Seed Services picks Lamar, Missouri
Smith Seed has picked the southwest corner of Missouri for its new Midwest seed coating plant. Governor Mike Parson says the company chose “the great community of Lamar” because of the strong ag industry in [Read More…]
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NCBA president Kevin Kester on trade, traceability and fake meat
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is holding is summer meeting in Denver this week. In an interview with Brownfield, NCBA president Kevin Kester talks about some of the big issues being discussed at that meeting. AUDIO: Kevin Kester [Read More…]
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Ag community helps kick of the Indiana State Fair
Indiana Pork helped the ag community kick of the 2018 Indiana State Fair this morning. Jeanette Merritt, the director of Indiana Pork checkoff programs, says the fair is an opportunity to bring farmers and consumers [Read More…]
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Protecting your corn crop against Brittle Snap
Brittle snap, or the breakage of corn stalks by violent winds is a challenge that growers in areas of the US, where high wind events happen more often, face. Many factors affect the severity of [Read More…]
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Apple comes first American publicly traded company to reach $1 trillion valuation
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A company that started in a garage more than four decades ago became the first American publicly traded company to reach a $1 trillion valuation. Shares hit $207.05 midday Thursday [Read More…]
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Google to seek return to China with a censored search engine, reports say
Google(BEIJING) — Google is reportedly building a censored search engine that could allow it to return to the massive market in China, but some experts said the plan is unlikely to succeed at least in [Read More…]