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Beef, wheat sales up sharply on week
The USDA reports wheat export sales for the week ending August 9th hit a new marketing year high. The 2018/19 marketing year for wheat got underway June 1st, while 2017/18 continues through the end of [Read More…]
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Missouri Governor Parson relates to drought concerns
Missouri’s Governor and Ag Director say they’re doing everything they can to help producers in the drought. More Missouri counties are now in exceptional drought – and the need for relief keeps growing. Governor Mike [Read More…]
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Tough year for sugarbeets in west-central Minnesota
A sugarbeet farmer in west-central Minnesota says this has been a tough growing season. Kyle Peterson of Murdock tells Brownfield planting was delayed by cold and wet conditions. “And we’ve had excessive rain (since). Guys [Read More…]
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Second case of African Swine Fever found in China
A second case of African Swine Fever (AFS) has been found in China. Dr. Paul Sundberg with the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) says the latest incident in a slaughterhouse approximately 1,400 miles from the [Read More…]
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U.S., China trade talks to resume later this month
Director of the National Economic Council and Presidential advisor Larry Kudlow told CNBC Thursday morning trade negotiations between the United States and China will resume later this month. China’s Commerce Ministry says a delegation will [Read More…]
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Deadly bridge collapse in Italy prompts finger-pointing over design flaws, funding
iStock/Thinkstock(GENOA, Italy) — As rescue efforts continue for people still missing after the deadly Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy, the questions of who bears responsibility for the accident remain unanswered. Families of victims are [Read More…]
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Ex-Baltimore police officer filmed beating man pleads not guilty
iStock/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — A former Baltimore police officer caught on video repeatedly punching a man while on duty has pleaded not guilty to assault and misconduct charges. Arthur Williams, 25, appeared in-person for his initial court [Read More…]
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Brussels rolls out stunning flower carpet
Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — For a few days every two years, the Grand-Place in Brussels rolls out the red carpet — of flowers, that is. This year’s masterpiece contains more than 2,000 square [Read More…]
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Consumer Reports finds ‘concerning’ levels of heavy metals in some baby foods
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new report published Thursday by Consumer Reports found “concerning levels” of heavy metals including arsenic, cadmium and lead in some popular baby food products on the market. Consumer Reports says that [Read More…]
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More than 300 newspapers to publish editorials in response to Trump’s attack on media
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — More than 300 newspapers plan on publishing editorials on Thursday pushing back against President Donald Trump’s ramped-up rhetoric against news media. “This dirty war on the free press must end,” Marjorie Pritchard, the [Read More…]
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Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin dead at 76
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Aretha Franklin, the pastor’s daughter who became the undisputed Queen of Soul over a career that spanned more than five decades, has died of advanced pancreatic cancer, ABC News [Read More…]
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Monsanto to begin integration into Bayer
The integration of Monsanto into the Bayer group can now begin. One of the requirements from the US Department of Justice was that the two companies remain separate until the completion of a divestment by [Read More…]
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Drought forcing more cattle to market earlier
Drought conditions in some of the country’s largest cattle producing areas are on the rise. Texas A&M livestock economist David Anderson says he wasn’t expecting to have to talk about drought conditions this severe so [Read More…]
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Cow/calf producers face increased downside risk
A livestock economist says there is a lot of downside risk right now for cow/calf producers. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says hay prices are on the rise and cow/calf producers, who are traditionally more [Read More…]
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‘Labor pains’ could impact livestock prices
Low unemployment rates, new facilities coming online and a shrinking pool of available labor could cause a bottleneck in the meat processing industry, according to RaboResearch animal protein analyst Christine McCracken. For livestock producers, she [Read More…]
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After Israel detains US journalist, questions raised about other Americans stopped at border
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — Israel’s recent detention of a high-profile American journalist – and his decision to speak out about it – has prompted scrutiny of other instances where Israeli officials have stopped Americans at its border, [Read More…]
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With large-scale attacks, is the Taliban experiencing a resurgence?
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — A series of high-profile Taliban attacks throughout Afghanistan this week that killed at least 200 Afghan security forces have raised questions about whether those forces can contain what appears to be a resurgent [Read More…]
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Section of American WWII destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island
Project Recover(KISKA, Alaska) — Some 75 years after an explosion from a Japanese mine ripped through the USS Abner Read, a team of scientists says they’ve discovered the missing stern hundreds of feet beneath the [Read More…]
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As Venezuela crumbles, exodus reaches record level
ABC News(NEW YORK) — When two full salaries, including her own as a lead nurse at a major hospital, weren’t enough to get through one week in Venezuela, Karen Hurtado decided the time had come [Read More…]
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Husband arrested in connection to missing wife, daughters in Colorado
iStock/Thinkstock(DENVER) — Police have arrested a Colorado man in connection to the disappearance of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. The Frederick Police Department, working with the FBI and Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said [Read More…]