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Cattle futures mixed on lack of direction
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed firm in a narrow trading range and feeder cattle futures were mixed. The market lacks direction and there is some pressure carrying over from the wholesale [Read More…]
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Ohio crops: corn and soybean 79% good to excellent
The USDA says rain helped improve soybeans in Ohio this week. Soybeans are 79 percent good to excellent, with 31 percent dropping leaves. Corn is 79 percent good to excellent, with 95 percent in the [Read More…]
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Trump admin preparing for second summit with Kim Jong Un: White House
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is coordinating a second meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un after the president received a “very warm, very positive” letter from the North Korean dictator that requested another [Read More…]
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Dallas officer accused of killing a man in wrong apartment could still face murder charge: Prosecutor
Kaufman County Jail(DALLAS) — Charges against an off-duty Texas police officer who allegedly shot a man in his apartment could be changed from manslaughter to murder when the case is presented to a grand jury, [Read More…]
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Hurricane Florence strengthens to Category 4, SC coast to be evacuated
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Florence has quickly strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm Monday as it takes aim at the East Coast, packing maximum sustained winds near 130 mph. The storm will [Read More…]
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Accused Russian agent Maria Butina to remain jailed, judge says
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge denied Maria Butina’s motion for bond review at a hearing in federal court in Washington, D.C. on Monday, ruling that the alleged Russian agent will remain in [Read More…]
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Miss Michigan details her decision to talk about her state’s water crisis at Miss America
Donald Kravitz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Miss Michigan may not have wowed the judges enough to make it to the final rounds of this year’s Miss America competition, but she certainly earned some admiration online. Emily [Read More…]
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Lighthizer shifts trade efforts from Canada to Europe
The U.S. Trade Representative is taking a break from negotiations with Canada to work on the new trade deal with the European Union. Robert Lighthizer met with European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to initiate [Read More…]
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Perdue says Class 7 has to go in any Canadian trade deal
The Secretary of Agriculture says any trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada will have to address dairy market access and Canada’s Class 7 pricing. Sonny Perdue told C-SPAN, “Class 7 has to go. It can’t [Read More…]
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Trump dangles threat of more China tariffs
President Trump is dangling the threat of more tariffs on Chinese goods as U.S. groups warn him not to. A letter from the National Retailers Federation and more than 100 other groups says escalating a [Read More…]
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Stalk rot concerns heading into #harvest18
An agronomist is concerned about stalk rot in wet areas of the Corn Belt. Roger Plooster, who covers southwest Minnesota for Golden Harvest seed company, says there will be standability issues this fall. “If you [Read More…]
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Ag and Food Day a great showcase for Minnesota agriculture
The executive director of the Minnesota Corn Growers says Ag and Food Day at the University of Minnesota showcases agriculture in a variety of ways. Adam Birr tells Brownfield the annual celebration highlights what the [Read More…]
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Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was paid to pursue access to Vladimir Putin for TV show
Facebook/Maria Butina(NEW YORK) — Maria Butina, the alleged Russian agent who stands accused of developing a covert influence operation in the United States, boasted of connections to high-ranking Kremlin officials and was even paid to [Read More…]
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Arsonist caught on video setting fire to Planned Parenthood building in California
Watsonville Police Department(WATSONVILLE, Calif.) — An arsonist was caught on video setting fire to a Planned Parenthood building in California and now the FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s [Read More…]
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Knowing your Return on Investment
Operating farms in a time of tight margins has become the new normal. Craig Rogers, the precision farming lead at Beck’s says farmers can’t afford to not know their cost of production. In this Managing [Read More…]
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The 9/11 toll still grows: More than 16,000 Ground Zero responders who got sick found eligible for awards
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The 9/11 attacks happened 17 years ago, but many people are still suffering and dying from the aftermath. On that fall day, 2,997 people died as a direct result of the [Read More…]
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Police search for suspect seen tossing wine bottles in violent New York City robberies
NYPD(NEW YORK) — New York City police are searching for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a store worker by tossing wine bottles at him in one of a pair of violent robberies on Sunday. Alleged [Read More…]
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Hundreds of gold coins dating to Rome’s Imperial era found in Italy
Italian Ministry of Culture(ROME) — It was an amphora, not a pot, but archaeologists found a literal jackpot in a dig in northern Italy last week. No word on if there was a rainbow. Hundreds [Read More…]
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Officer arrested after killing man inside apartment she wrongly thought was her own home
Kaufman County Jail (DALLAS) — A Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man she thought was inside her home when he was actually inside his own apartment has been arrested for manslaughter, records showed. [Read More…]
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Hurricane Florence strengthening as it heads toward East Coast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Florence was upgraded to a hurricane on Sunday morning by the National Hurricane Center. Florence is now classified as a Category 1 hurricane, and is currently expected to [Read More…]