Archive

The latest revolution in winemaking adds ‘green’ to red, white and rosé
Silver Oak(NEW YORK) — Going green had become David Duncan’s mission. For the last 15 years, Duncan, the president and CEO of Silver Oak Cellars, had feverishly researched how he could transform his family’s California [Read More…]

Fiancé of missing Colorado mother arrested for murder: Sources
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, was arrested for murder Friday morning, nearly one month after Berreth vanished, sources told ABC News. Berreth, a [Read More…]

Federal officials accuse local authorities of impeding investigation into limo crash that killed 20
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(SCHOHARIE, NY) — Federal officials are accusing the New York county where 20 people were killed in a horrific limo crash of blocking the progress of the investigation, a letter written by the [Read More…]

Decades after NJ girl’s killing, police arrest suspect who was 13 at the time
Kuzma/iStock(ASBURY PARK, N.J.) — It’s been 26 years since 12-year-old Quiana Dees left her Asbury Park, New Jersey apartment and never returned, prosecutors said. In the early hours of May 2, 1992, Quiana was found [Read More…]

Police arrest fiancé of missing Colorado mother: Sources
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Investigators served an arrest warrant Friday morning for Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, who hasn’t been seen in nearly one month, sources told [Read More…]

African Swine Fever and its impact on the hog markets
Since the announcement that African Swine Fever was in China in August, the hog market has found some support in possible disruption of China’s pork supply. In this Managing for Profit, livestock economist Scott Brown [Read More…]

Retailers offer last minute Christmas shopping and ‘Panic Saturday’ deals
CatLane/iStock(NEW YORK) — Christmas may be just days away, but if you waited until now to shop, fear not — it’s not too late to still secure a great last-minute gift for the loved ones [Read More…]

East Coast continues to get slammed by heavy rain during busy holiday travel period
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A southern storm brought two confirmed tornadoes to Florida, record rainfall in Orlando and damage to Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday. Now the storm continues to inch its way north [Read More…]

National Park Service buys house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King Jr. was born
gregobagel/iStock(ATLANTA) — For more than two decades the National Park Service has been leading tours at the birthplace for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now, 50 years after his death, the King Center has sold [Read More…]

Arrest warrant issued for 1 of 4 people who got lost in West Virginia mine
Alexey Dozmorov/iStock(CLEAR CREEK, W.Va.) — Police issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for one of the four people who allegedly broke into a West Virginia mine to steal copper, according to court documents. Three of [Read More…]

London’s Gatwick Airport reopens after day-long shutdown due to drones in the area
william87/iStock(LONDON) — London’s Gatwick Airport had a serious drone problem Thursday, but as of Friday morning, it is back to being operational. The airport was shut down at 9:03 p.m. on Wednesday due to reports [Read More…]

Mitchell’s Hunger Tree exceeds its second goal in helping feed seniors
This year’s James Valley Community Center “Hunger Tree” has shattered its second goal in providing meals to 51 seniors struggling with food insecurity. Director Jessica Pickett says the Mitchell community has once again shown its [Read More…]

Trump administration planning to cut number of US troops in Afghanistan by half
Bumblee_Dee/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is planning to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, with the possibility that some troops begin withdrawing in the coming weeks, according to a U.S. official. The current [Read More…]

Tesla opens investigation into car that burst into flames three times
KGO-TV(SAN FRANCISCO) — A Tesla Model S ignited three times in one day, a northern California car owner and firefighters told ABC News. While driving on a highway on Dec. 18, the driver got a [Read More…]

Missouri Corn’s farm bill priorities secured
Commodity groups are praising the president’s signing of the 2018 Farm Bill. Shane Kinne, with Missouri Corn Growers Association, says the funding of marketing programs in the farm bill is a big deal, “There’s some [Read More…]

Pesticide residue levels on food declines
The USDA says more than 99 percent of food tested for pesticide residues had levels well below benchmarks established by the EPA. Each year, the agencies work together to identify products to be tested on [Read More…]

Soybeans, corn despite positive export news
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling in fairly quiet pre-holiday trade. More new exports announced Thursday morning and weekly sales were a new marketing year high. The new sales were 257,000 tons of [Read More…]

NMPF says new Dairy Margin program should work better
The National Milk Producers Federation says changes to dairy policy in the 2018 Farm Bill will greatly benefit dairy farmers. Missouri dairy farmer Randy Mooney, chair of NMPF, says the 2014 Farm Bill didn’t reflect [Read More…]

Hog, cattle futures quiet heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed mostly steady on position squaring ahead of this week’s reports. The market is waiting for any indication for direction from the cash trade. Feeder cattle futures [Read More…]

Trump administration considering reducing the number of US troops in Afghanistan: officials
Bumblee_Dee/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is considering reducing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan with the possibility that some troops begin withdrawing in the coming weeks, according to a U.S. official. A second official [Read More…]