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Hybrid snakes with the ability to live in various environments discovered in Florida: Study
iStock/Thinkstock(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — While examining the invasive python population in Florida, researchers stumbled across the unexpected: a kind of hybrid super snake. A small number of the invasive pythons were found to be a crossbreed [Read More…]
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GMO foods are not “new”
A common myth surrounding GMOs is that the technology is so new that it’s not safe. But a consultant with the Center for Food Integrity says that simply isn’t true. Continue reading GMO foods are [Read More…]
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Southern Illinois farmland values fall
A mid-year farm real estate survey indicates southern Illinois farmland values are down 3.53 percent, “which isn’t a big surprise,” said Aaron Johnson, the chief operating officer at Farm Credit Illinois. Lesser quality farmland saw [Read More…]
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R-CALF convention focuses on trade, meat labeling
The head of R-CALF USA says Trump administration trade policy is on the right track. Instead of trade discussion only being about exports, it’s now about balanced trade, according to Bill Bullard. “We’re calculating the [Read More…]
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Missouri producer’s grazing system standing up to drought
A southwest Missouri grass-fed cattle operator says the drought has not been a problem for him. Adam Boman rotated his 22 cattle between 13 paddocks every day, starting in the spring, then switched to every-other-day in [Read More…]
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Weather sends soybeans, corn lower
Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling, closing at or just above the session lows. Crop weather through the end of the month is expected to be generally non-threatening in most of the Midwest [Read More…]
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As midterms approach, new tool helps track political advertising on Facebook
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In the 2016 presidential election Facebook and other social media platforms were utilized by political campaigns and interest groups to run advertisements with very few rules regulating their disclosure and little public information [Read More…]
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With new special envoy, Pompeo heading to N Korea amid ‘deadlock’ over denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Amid what North Korea calls a “deadlock” in denuclearization talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang next week, with the new Special Representative for North Korea, Steve Biegun, in tow. [Read More…]
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Suspected Nazi labor camp guard unlikely to be prosecuted in Germany: Authorities
U.S. Department of Justice(NEW YORK) — Jakiw Palij, a man authorities say is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was deported to Germany this week, is unlikely to be prosecuted for war crimes there [Read More…]
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Democratic Republic of the Congo approves more experimental Ebola treatments in race to contain growing outbreak
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Democratic Republic of the Congo has approved four more experimental treatments for the deadly Ebola virus, in an effort to contain a growing outbreak in its restive eastern region that has [Read More…]
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Smaller dairy herd bullish for market
A dairy marking specialist says this week’s milk production report confirms the dairy herd is shrinking even though July’s milk production was slightly higher. “A big drop in some areas that shows there’s been some [Read More…]
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Record monthly pork production during July
The USDA says pork production during July was a new monthly record at 1.986 billion pounds. That’s up 6% on the year, with a 6% increase in the slaughter to 9.596 million head and the [Read More…]
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Brownfield’s Anderson receives ACE media award
Brownfield Ag News anchor/reporter Ken Anderson received the American Coalition for Ethanol’s (ACE) 2018 Media Excellence Award at the group’s recent annual conference in Minneapolis. Presenting the award, ACE Communications Director Katie Fletcher said Anderson [Read More…]
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Crop tour helps farmers improve corn yield
A senior marketing specialist with AGCO Corporation says the company is helping farmers in the Midwest maximize their return on investment with crop tour. Larry Kuster says the on-farm research program shows farmers how different [Read More…]
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Professional Dairy Producers Twilight Meeting
On Tues. August 28th, at 6:00 p.m. Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Professional Dairy Producers Twilight Meeting in Athens, WI. Continue reading Professional Dairy Producers Twilight Meeting at Brownfield Ag [Read More…]
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Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts was killed from ‘multiple sharp force injuries’: Autopsy
Facebook(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Slain Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts died from “multiple sharp force injuries” according to the preliminary results of her autopsy, officials said Thursday. Tibbetts, a 20-year-old rising sophomore at the University of Iowa, [Read More…]
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Former NSA contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking classified documents on Russia probe
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A former National Security contractor described by a federal prosecutor as “quintessential example of an insider threat,” was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for leaking to the media classified [Read More…]
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Young soccer players rescued from Thai cave thank the world for teaching them ‘love’
ABC News(MAE SAI, Thailand) — Sitting on an ornate carpet in a Thailand temple on Wednesday, a golden Buddha staring over their shoulders, the 12 young soccer players and their coach beamed with smiles and [Read More…]
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Man kills mother, sister before being shot dead by French police
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — A man armed with a knife killed his mother, his sister and seriously injured a passerby, before being fatally shot by police in the city of Trappes, west of Paris, the French interior [Read More…]
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Monster Hurricane Lane pummeling Hawaii with torrential rains, winds
(HONOLULU) — Hurricane Lane is bearing down on Hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain on the Big Island and lashing the state with rough winds. The Category 4 storm may bring over 30 [Read More…]