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Double murder suspect on the run after string of violent crimes in Tennessee: Police
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(STEWART COUNTY, Tenn.) — Tennessee authorities are desperate to a capture a double murder suspect who they say is on the run after a string of violent crimes. As the search intensifies [Read More…]
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World’s 1st blockchain university to begin teaching in 2019
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A team of Oxford academics hopes to bring university education into the 21st century with the world’s first “blockchain university” when teaching begins early next year. The pioneers at Woolf University will [Read More…]
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Harvest delays dominate parts of the northern Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, late-season warmth in the Ohio and middle Mississippi Valleys is promoting corn and soybean maturation and harvesting. In contrast, cool, recently rainy weather is affecting portions of the northern Corn Belt, [Read More…]
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Corn farmers pleased with new trade deal
The President of the National Corn Growers Association says that the new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement will help provide certainty to farmers after months of NAFTA renegotiations. Lynn Chrisp says the agreement preserves two critical [Read More…]
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Growing hemp requires some trial and error
Wisconsin farmer Michael Omernick discusses his experiments with planting, row spacing, and fertilizing his first 37 acres of industrial hemp. Continue reading Growing hemp requires some trial and error at Brownfield Ag News.
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Temps to vary; moisture-laden across the Heartland
Remnant moisture from rapidly weakening Tropical Storm Rosa, centered near northern Baja California, will continue to stream across the southwestern U.S. Storm-total rainfall could reach 2 to 4 inches or more in Arizona and [Read More…]
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Death toll more than 1,200 in Indonesian quake and tsunami catastrophe
ABC News(SULAWESI, Indonesia) — The death toll for Sulawesi’s earthquake and tsunami last Friday has been raised to over 1,200, according to the national disaster agency. The announcement came as survivors in the stricken city [Read More…]
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Mother of 13-year-old shark attack victim says he got ‘very, very lucky’
ABC News(SAN DIEGO) — Keane Webre-Hayes is still laid up in a hospital bed two days after he was attacked by a shark off a San Diego beach, but he’s already making plans to get [Read More…]
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Amazon will raise company’s minimum wage to $15 for all employees
David Ryder/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — Amazon will be raising its minimum wage to $15 for all employees, the company said in an announcement Tuesday. The $15 per hour wage will include all types of employee: full-time, [Read More…]
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Dairy leader reacts to Canada-Mexico trade deal
A dairy cooperative leader is encouraged by the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement on trade. Tim Trotter is the Executive Director for EDGE Dairy Cooperative. He says, “I think a lot of farmers are [Read More…]
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US-Canada trade deal may mean higher car prices
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Canada squeezed out a last-minute deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement with a pact expected to affect prices on cars and dairy products across North America and [Read More…]
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Corn Palace mural work slows as the Mayor looks for more help
It’s slow going for the 2019 Corn Palace murals. Mayor Bob Everson says most of the student labor has gone back to school and the recent rodeo event required the attention of the staff that’s [Read More…]
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Minnesota harvest remains ahead of normal despite weather
The Minnesota harvest remains ahead of normal despite continued weather challenges. In its latest crop progress report the USDA says 27 percent of soybeans have been harvested, 10 days faster than last year and one [Read More…]
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Wet conditions delay harvest in southern Indiana
The USDA says wet conditions slowed harvest for growers in southern Indiana this week. Farmers in the northern part of the state harvested with fewer delays. Growers continue to harvest corn, soybeans, popcorn, processing vegetables, [Read More…]
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Rain slows harvest in Ohio
The USDA says soybean harvest slowed in Ohio last week because of wet conditions, but corn harvest continued ahead of the five-year average. Rainfall also slowed winter wheat planting. According to the latest USDA Crop [Read More…]
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Bullard: USMCA ignores cattlemen’s interests
R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard says the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement ignores the interests of America’s independent cattle farmers and ranchers. Bullard tells Brownfield the agreement will not allow the U.S. to reinstate country-of-origin labeling and [Read More…]
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K-State researcher says ASF virus unusual
Kansas State University has been researching African Swine Fever for years, including a vaccine for the deadly pig disease. Dr. Stephen Higgs, leader of K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute, tells Brownfield the U.S. is very fortunate ASF [Read More…]
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There’s a subscription service for everything these days – including cars
Cadillac(NEW YORK) — Imagine this: a gleaming new car is delivered to your doorstep with a full tank of gas. The baby’s car seat is securely buckled in the back. Your favorite radio stations are [Read More…]
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Medal of Honor recipient who saved his teammates’ lives faces a new battle: cancer
U.S. Army(WASHINGTON) — President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor Monday to Ronald J. Shurer, an Army medic credited with saving the lives of his teammates during a 2008 battle in Afghanistan. Now, Shurer faces [Read More…]
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34 children attending Bible camp among hundreds dead in Indonesia quake
ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images(SULAWESI, Indonesia) — The bodies of at least 34 children have been discovered inside a church in a remote northern region of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi following Friday’s devastating magnitude-7.4 earthquake and [Read More…]