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Compare the Dairy Margin Protection Program to the Livestock Gross Margin program
Dairy Margin Protection Program has been improved, and the Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy program has been fully funded, but which program is best for your dairy? Fran Felber from Ag Risk Managers helps answer that. Continue [Read More…]
Michelle Wolf defends her White House Correspondents’ dinner jokes: ‘I wouldn’t change a single word’
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In her first interview since she took the podium at the White House Correspondents’ dinner this weekend, Michelle Wolf defended her scathing jokes about politicians, the media and the press secretary, [Read More…]
Royal wedding coin released to celebrate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Steve Back/Getty Images(LONDON) — With less than three weeks before the royal wedding, Britain’s Royal Mint today released a special commemorative coin to mark the occasion. A new British five-pound coin (about $6.88) celebrates Prince [Read More…]
Police use stun gun on Tennessee nurse who refused to leave emergency room
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Police in Tennessee used a stun gun on a hospital nurse who they say refused to comply when medical officials asked him to leave the facility’s emergency room, according to court documents. [Read More…]
Strong tornadoes possible in central US; warmup arrives on East Coast
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A strong and slow-moving storm system has already brought a first round of severe weather to the Great Plains. Another round will bring an increased threat of severe weather, including tornadoes, to [Read More…]
Vatican Cardinal Pell to stand trial on sex assault charges
Michael Dodge/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Cardinal George Pell was ordered to stand trial on decades-old sexual assault charges on Tuesday, making him the most senior official to be tried in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse [Read More…]
Puerto Rico schools receive $500 million, but 283 schools slated to close
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Puerto Rico Governor’s Office announced on Monday that the island will be receiving $589 million in federal disaster assistance from the U.S. Department of Education as the island continues to recover [Read More…]
Massive high-rise fire causes building to collapse in Brazil; at least 1 dead
iStock/Thinkstock(SAU PAULO) — A massive fire engulfed two high-rise structures in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday, causing one of the buildings to collapse. Video posted on social media early Tuesday showed the 20-story building crumbling [Read More…]
Border Patrol begins processing migrants from caravan
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The first migrants from the much-publicized caravan that had been making its way through Mexico for the previous few weeks are now being processed, according to authorities. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol [Read More…]
Ashley Judd sues Harvey Weinstein: ‘My career was damaged’ because I rebuffed him
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Actress Ashley Judd and her lawyers have filed a lawsuit Monday against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, claiming that he damaged her career by blocking her from getting major movie [Read More…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran lied about nuclear program
Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday Israel had obtained thousands of Iranian documents detailing Tehran’s past nuclear weapons development program and showing what he said was a failure by Iran [Read More…]
Cattle showing season underway
It’s only April, but the cattle showing season has already begun. Show Chairman Kevin Jorgensen says the Wisconsin Dairy Showcase is a collective effort between the Red and White, Jersey, and the Wisconsin Holstein Associations. [Read More…]
What the law says should happen to asylum seekers at the US border
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Immigrants from that caravan that crossed Mexico and drew the attention of President Donald Trump have arrived at a U.S. border post – and are trying to seek asylum. But what happens once [Read More…]
Nine journalists killed in Afghanistan: This is ‘a reminder of the extreme dangers to media workers’
@RFERL/Twitter(KABUL) — Nine journalists were killed in dual blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday morning. The health ministry in Afghanistan released the names and affiliations of the nine journalists who were killed: Shah Marai, a [Read More…]
Businessman offers local high school students free college because it’s ‘the right thing to do’
iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS) — A local business tycoon has decided to foot the bill for two-years of college for dozens of high school seniors in Minnesota. Dennis Frandsen, known around town as “Mr. Rush City,” has plunked [Read More…]
How the T-Mobile and Sprint merger could impact consumers
T-Mobile(NEW YORK) — The merger between two of the country’s biggest cellphone providers may be far from a deal for consumers, experts say. T-Mobile and Sprint touted their recently announced merger as leading to lower [Read More…]
Small grain planting underway in Minnesota
The USDA indicates planting has begun across Minnesota. The latest crop progress report shows the first acres of wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes are in. Sugar beet planting, at 10 percent complete, is well behind [Read More…]
Ohio corn, soybeans are 1 percent planted
Corn and soybean planting in Ohio is 1 percent complete, well behind the five-year average. Farmers worked in the fields between scattered rain across the state last week. Other crops see continued growth with [Read More…]
FMD vaccine development moves to U.S. mainland
National Pork Producers Council chief veterinarian Liz Wagstrom tells Brownfield a major hurdle has been cleared in the development of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank. Last week, USDA authorized the movement of a non-virulent [Read More…]
Planting begins for some Hoosier farmers
Warmer and drier weather has allowed some Hoosier growers to plant corn and soybeans. According to the latest crop report, corn is 8 percent planted and soybeans are 3 percent planted, both behind the last [Read More…]