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Iowa farmer is still waiting to pick soybeans
North-central Iowa farmer April Hemmes says she’s still waiting to start harvesting soybeans. “I have not picked a bean,” Hemmes says. “I have not combined one bean yet and I am in the majority here. [Read More…]
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Milk futures mostly higher, cash dairy mixed
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mostly higher Tuesday as global prices posted declines on at the Global Dairy Trade auction. October closed two cents higher at $15.62. November up three [Read More…]
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Hurricane Michael death toll climbs to 26 including 16 people in Florida
@DukeEnergy/Twitter (MEXICO BEACH) — Hurricane Michael’s death toll has climbed to 26, with 16 people dying in Florida, according to state officials. Twelve of those deaths were in Bay County, which was hit hard by [Read More…]
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Losses from Hurricane Michael are growing
Georgia’s agricultural losses from Hurricane Michael are growing. According to the state’s Department of Agriculture, the storm has caused catastrophic damage across several commodities. Poultry is the state’s top agricultural commodity and contributes $23.3 billion [Read More…]
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ASF hits largest Chinese farm to date
A farm affiliated with one of China’s top feed producers has culled nearly 20,000 pigs due to a suspected case of African Swine Fever. The farm, located in the Liaoning province, is the largest farm [Read More…]
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Harvest delays fuel grain quality concerns
Northwestern Indiana farmer Alan Kemper says harvest continues to be delayed because of heavy rainfall and now his soybean crop is suffering. “We’re estimating our yields are off probably 10 bushels at least across the [Read More…]
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Smith confident farm bill gets done in Lame Duck
A member of the Senate Ag Committee is confident the 2018 Farm Bill can get done during the Lame Duck session of Congress. “I do think it’s doable and realistic.” And, Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith [Read More…]
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CoBank report: Trade policy uncertainties continue to weigh on ag economy
A fourth quarter economic outlook report from the cooperative bank CoBank says strong growth in both the U.S. and global economies will support increased demand for U.S. ag products through the end of the year. [Read More…]
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Officer responds to gun call, realizes it’s kids with a BB gun: ‘I could have killed you’
Columbus Police(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Newly released body cam footage from the Columbus Police Department shows the tense moment an officer realized he had pulled his weapon on a couple of kids with a realistic-looking BB [Read More…]
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Trump: Saudi crown prince ‘totally denied any knowledge’ of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Saudi Arabia’s young crown prince is again denying any involvement in the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to President Donald Trump, who tweeted that [Read More…]
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Mega Millions and Powerball have combined jackpot of more than $1 billion
Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than $1 billion in combined potential prize money is up for grabs between the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries. The jackpot for the Mega Millions has reached a new [Read More…]
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‘I don’t forgive this woman, and she needs help’: Black child wrongly accused of grabbing ‘Cornerstore Caroline’
Jason Littlejohn(NEW YORK) — With tears streaming down his cheeks, a 9-year-old black child spoke out at a community meeting in New York about being wrongly accused of grabbing a white woman’s backside in a [Read More…]
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Amid questions about Jamal Khashoggi’s death, Saudis weigh accepting culpability: Source
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Dispatched to Saudi Arabia on a last-minute trip, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Tuesday with the kingdom’s top leaders to press them on the disappearance of [Read More…]
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Russian church breaks away from wider Orthodox community in seismic rift over Ukraine
NIKOLAY PETROV/AFP/Getty Images(MINSK, Belarus) — Officials from the Russian Orthodox Church have announced that the church is severing relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, in what is being seen as one of the biggest schisms [Read More…]
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Russian church breaks away from wider Orthodox community in seismic rift over Ukraine
NIKOLAY PETROV/AFP/Getty Images(MINSK, Belarus) — Officials from the Russian Orthodox Church have announced that the church is severing relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, in what is being seen as one of the biggest schisms [Read More…]
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Elephants, drones and cologne employed in hunt for Bengal tiger blamed in 13 deaths
Maharashtra Forest Department(PANDHARKAWADA, India) — The crackle of wireless phone static merged with the buzzing of jungle flies as a group of seven men in olive green uniforms combed through the forests around the Indian [Read More…]
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An iPhone app that breaks down jump shots like you’re LeBron
Homecourt(NEW YORK) — An iPhone app that uses artificial intelligence to give any basketball player a professional-level breakdown by tracking the speed, height and angles of, say, a jump shot, launched Tuesday. HomeCourt is a [Read More…]
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Beer shortage due to climate change? Yes, it could happen
iStock/Thinkstock (IRVINE, Calif.) — This is not a drill: As climate change worsens, there could be a beer shortage. A study published Monday that looked at beer’s growing popularity and a potential decline in barley [Read More…]
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A robot presented evidence about artificial intelligence to a British Parliament committee
Alexander Koerner/Getty Images(LONDON) — A robot named Pepper made history in the U.K. Tuesday as it presented evidence to the Houses of Parliament. Pepper, who is the resident robot at Middlesex University in London, spoke [Read More…]
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Beneficially dry pattern across the Heartland
Chilly weather will trail a series of cold fronts, leading to significantly below-normal temperatures across the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast. Warmth will linger, however, across the lower Southeast. In addition, above-normal temperatures will also [Read More…]