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Supply concerns pressure cattle, hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower ahead of the Cattle on Feed report and significant cash business. Heavy supplies were anticipated, but the report showed placements 5 percent lower, which could provide [Read More…]
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18 Saudi citizens detained in connection with murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: Report
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Eighteen Saudi citizens have been detained in connection with the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency. Khashoggi disappeared after he [Read More…]
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Saudi state media says Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fist fight
Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Saudi state-run news agency quotes prosecutors as saying that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi hadn’t been seen since [Read More…]
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Marijuana company heads to New York Stock Exchange
rgbspace/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The New York Stock Exchange is about to get greener. Canada-based Aurora Cannabis plans to start trading on the NYSE on Oct. 23, the company announced Thursday. The move comes in spite [Read More…]
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F-16 accidentally blown up by Belgian Air Force mechanic
swind/iStock/Thinkstock(FLORENNE, Belgium) — When it was over, an F-16 lay burnt to a crisp on a tarmac in Belgium. The pictures tell the story: Mechanics at an Air Force base in Florenne were working on [Read More…]
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F-16 accidentally blown up by Belgian Air Force mechanic
swind/iStock/Thinkstock(FLORENNE, Belgium) — When it was over, an F-16 lay burnt to a crisp on a tarmac in Belgium. The pictures tell the story: Mechanics at an Air Force base in Florenne were working on [Read More…]
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USDA reports lower cattle placements
The USDA says placements onto feed during September 2018 were below what many analysts had been expecting. Placements were 5% lower than a year ago at 2.051 million head, breaking a four-month string of increases, [Read More…]
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Broadband access critical as farmers face low commodity prices
There continues to be a digital divide in rural America and a Northwestern Indiana farmer says it’s more important now than ever for farmers to have broadband access. Lana Wallpe farms in Benton County and [Read More…]
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USDA, EPA, and FDA work together to reduce food waste
The USDA, EPA and FDA have signed an agreement to reduce food loss in the U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the collaboration will align each agency’s efforts to educate Americans on the impacts of [Read More…]
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More remains discovered at Detroit funeral home where bodies of 11 infants were found, police say
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(DETROIT) — Authorities have discovered additional human remains in a Detroit funeral home where the bodies of 11 infants were discovered in the ceiling last week. The additional remains were found in boxes in the [Read More…]
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‘A lot of yelling’ in 911 call when 13-year-old Jayme Closs was abducted, police say
ABCNews.com(BARRON, Wisc.) — The morning Denise and James Closs were shot dead in their Wisconsin home, someone dialed 911 from Denise Closs’ cellphone. A 911 dispatcher heard “a lot of yelling” in the call, which [Read More…]
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Sheriff gets over 1,000 tips as mysterious search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs continues for 5th day
ABCNews.com(BARRON, Wisc.) — Wisconsin authorities searching for missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs are now asking the public for information about her parents, who were shot dead in their home before they say Jayme was abducted. “We [Read More…]
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Putin says US dominance is ending after mistakes ‘typical of an empire’
Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that America’s global dominance is coming to an end, with the U.S. itself accelerating that process with a string of mistakes “typical of an [Read More…]
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New play in Malta challenges EU’s strictest abortion law
ValEs1989/iStock/Thinkstock(VALLETTA, Malta) — A new play has sparked controversy in Malta by daring to tackle one of the nation’s oldest taboos: abortion. De-terminated: The Abortion Diaries, written and directed by the journalist Herman Grech, has [Read More…]
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Mega Millions prizes keep skyrocketing as ‘people want to see bigger jackpots’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The record $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is the latest prize to balloon to astronomical figures — and officials say they’re giving people with dreams of winning exactly what they want. [Read More…]
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Scope of African Swine Fever outbreak in China multiplying
The director of the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) says the scope of the African Swine Fever outbreak in China is multiplying. Dr. Paul Sundberg tells Brownfield from the beginning of the outbreak in August [Read More…]
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A closer look at the US dairy sector outlook
From low milk prices to rising inputs, the dairy sector has faced some serious challenges this year. In this Managing for Profit, RaboResearch dairy analyst Aga Perry talks about some of the challenges along with [Read More…]
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World Food Prize Laureates combat mother, child undernourishment
The 2018 World Food Prize Laureates were honored in Des Moines, Iowa for their leadership combating inadequate nutrition in children and their mothers. Doctors Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro have worked to improve child and [Read More…]
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West-central Minnesota farmer wraps up corn harvest
A west-central Minnesota farmer has wrapped up his 2018 corn harvest. Chad Willis of Willmar says yields were similar to last year. “Going to come in right around that 200 (bushels per-acre) mark. I was [Read More…]
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MU weed scientist confirms six-mode resistant waterhemp
A Missouri farmer found waterhemp resistant to 2,4-D in his field and it turned out to be resistant to a half-dozen modes of action. University of Missouri Weed scientist Dr. Kevin Bradley tells Brownfield Ag [Read More…]