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Corn manages firm weekly close
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying but posting week to week losses. Contracts were due for a bounce and harvest activity in some areas has been delayed by rain. Some damage [Read More…]
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Nor’easter to bring heavy rain, gusty winds to East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major coastal storm is taking shape in the South — and it’s heading to the Northeast soon as the first nor’easter of the season. Areas of heavy rain are moving [Read More…]
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Package bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc ranted on Twitter about liberals and threatened to blow up a power company
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Florida man in custody in connection with the suspected package bombs sent to high-profile figures this week has an extensive criminal history, law enforcement source said. Cesar Sayoc, 56, who lives [Read More…]
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Fingerprint key to tracking down mail bombing suspect
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — A fingerprint was the key to tracking down the man who allegedly mass-mailed explosive devices to top Democrats and other prominent figures, according to the FBI. Suspect Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, [Read More…]
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FSA emergency loans available in disaster areas of WI, IA, MN
Another financial tool has been made available to farmers impacted by bad weather and flooding, now that President Trump has declared parts of Wisconsin a disaster area. Farm Service Agency State Director Sandy Chalmers [Read More…]
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FFA gives students unique opportunities
FFA members from across the country have gathered for the national convention in Indianapolis. Bret Duncan, a junior with the West Central Area Chapter in Minnesota, says FFA has given him opportunities he wouldn’t have [Read More…]
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Mail bombing suspect in custody in nationwide investigation, officials say
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — A suspect was taken into custody in Florida for an apparent mass mail bombing spree that targeted top Democrats and other prominent figures across the country, officials said. [Read More…]
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Matthew Shepard’s ashes interred at National Cathedral 20 years after brutal murder
Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The ashes of Matthew Shepard were interred at the National Cathedral in Washington Friday, giving him a “home that is safe” 20 years after his brutal murder, his father said. [Read More…]
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Megyn Kelly’s morning show will not return to NBC airwaves
(NEW YORK) — Megyn Kelly’s NBC morning show will not return to the network’s airwaves, NBC News reported Friday, citing a spokesperson. “‘Megyn Kelly Today’ is not returning,” the spokesperson was quoted as saying. “Next [Read More…]
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Woman faces witchcraft, fraud charges after allegedly conning elderly man out of $600,000
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Canadian police have charged a woman with witchcraft and fraud after she allegedly conned an elderly man for more than a half a million in an evil spirit blessing scam. Samantha Stevenson [Read More…]
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Mail bombing suspect in custody in nationwide investigation, officials say
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — A suspect was taken into custody in Florida for an apparent mass mail bombing spree that targeted top Democrats and other prominent figures across the country, officials said. Cesar [Read More…]
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What we know about the explosives and suspicious packages delivered in New York, DC
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Investigators are frantically looking for clues after a growing list of suspicious packages were intercepted across the country, either on their way or delivered to top Democratic figures [Read More…]
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Women less likely than men to get a raise — even when they ask
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you are a woman who feels like your male coworkers are getting raises more often than you do, you are not alone. The problem is not because women do not ask [Read More…]
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Iowa Cattlemen’s official speaks out on ‘fake meat’
One of the cattle industry representatives who provided public comment at this week’s USDA-FDA meeting on lab-grown, cell-cultured meat was JanLee Rowlett with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. “We advocated for USDA jurisdiction over this issue, [Read More…]
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Mexican grain buyer pleased with new NAFTA agreement
A procurement manager for a conglomerate of 10 Mexican grain purchasers is pleased with the new U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Speaking to Brownfield through an interpreter at the 2018 Export Exchange in Minneapolis, Arturo Basulto [Read More…]
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Farmers, manufacturers take anti tariff message on tour
Farmers for Free Trade and Americans for Free Trade have taken their Tariffs Hurt the Heartland message on tour. Their seventh stop was in Waukesha, Wisconsin where a panel representing farmers, restaurateurs, small businesses and manufacturers [Read More…]
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No 2019 trade payments
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says farmers will not receive any market facilitation program payments for trade disputes next year. “The market will equilibrate over a period of time and farmers will look at the [Read More…]
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Cargill develops robotic cattle driver
Cargill Protein has developed a robotic cattle driver with input from animal welfare expert Dr. Temple Grandin. Cargill says the robots are operated from a catwalk above the pens by workers, lowering their safety risks and [Read More…]
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Mail bombing suspect in custody in nationwide investigation, officials say
Obtained by ABC News(NEW YORK) — A suspect was taken into custody in Florida for an apparent mass mail bombing campaign that targeted top Democrats and other prominent figures across the country, officials said. Cesar [Read More…]
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Cops foil attempted theft of world-famous Magna Carta document in England
Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images(SALISBURY, England) — Police said they’ve arrested a man in Salisbury, England, accused of trying to steal one of history’s most famous documents. The Magna Carta, an English historical writ that enshrined [Read More…]