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Profit balance shifting in beef sector

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

A USDA livestock economist suggests the profit balance is shifting in the beef sector. Shayle Shagam says cow/calf operators, feedlots, and packers have been mostly in the black so far this year. But with expectations [Read More…]

Snow line gives northern Minnesota farmers a jump at planting

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Farmers in northern Minnesota are ahead of their southern counterparts when it comes to planting progress this spring. Dave Torgerson, executive director of the Minnesota Wheat Council, says the northern part of the state missed [Read More…]

House Agriculture Committee divisions over SNAP issues persist

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

There’s no sign of letup in partisan bickering among House Agriculture Committee members about Republican-proposed farm bill work requirements for SNAP recipients. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) said committee Democrats have done nothing [Read More…]

Missouri committee to look into state ag budget

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

A Missouri legislative committee will form to address budget shortages in the Missouri Department of Agriculture. State Representative Don Rone of southeast Missouri says the committee will examine the department’s funding levels, especially the Division [Read More…]

As window opens, soil moisture should dictate planting progress

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

An agronomist says as conditions improve, soil moisture should dictate planting progress. Jon Zuk covers southeastern Minnesota for Winfield United. He tells Brownfield every spring there are farmers who regret not waiting for fields to [Read More…]

Professor who called Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist’ won’t be disciplined

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images(FRESNO, Calif.) — The Fresno State University professor who described the late Barbara Bush as an “amazing racist” on Twitter last week won’t be punished, the university’s president, Joseph Castro, announced Tuesday. Jarrar [Read More…]

Officer who stopped suspect in Toronto van attack does not want to be called a hero

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Cole Burston/Getty Images(TORONTO) — The police officer who stopped the man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Toronto on Monday does not want to be called a hero. Officer Kenny Lam apprehended the suspect, 25-year-old [Read More…]

Waffle House where 4 people were slain reopens for business

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Jason Davis/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Waffle House near Nashville, Tennessee, that a gunman turned into a bullet-riddled scene of carnage Sunday reopened for business Wednesday morning. Customers, grief counselors and clergy members filled the [Read More…]

Waffle House where 4 people were slain reopens for business

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Jason Davis/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A Waffle House near Nashville, Tennessee, that a gunman turned into a bullet-riddled scene of carnage Sunday reopened for business Wednesday morning. Customers, grief counselors and clergy members filled the [Read More…]

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 25, 2018

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

May corn closed at $3.86 and 1/2, up 5 and 1/4 cents May soybeans closed at $10.27 and 1/2, up 5 and 1/4 cents May soybean meal closed at $376.20, up $4.10 May soybean oil closed at 30.79, down 22 points May wheat closed at $4.86 [Read More…]

Soybeans up on commercial support, higher meal

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Beans saw a bounce off the recent lows, with help from bean meal, but they remain concerned about Chinese demand. China bought significantly more soybeans from [Read More…]

March poultry production down 4% on year

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

The USDA says March 2018 poultry production was 4.021 billion pounds, a decline of 4% from the year ago total of 4.170 billion pounds. The preliminary live weight of all poultry was 5.313 billion pounds, [Read More…]

USDA says Trump to send team to China

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

President Trump is sending his Treasury Secretary and U.S. Trade Representative on a trip to China over trade tariffs, “We’re having Secretary Mnuchin, Bob Lighthizer, heading over to China at the request of China and [Read More…]

Ethanol production down on week, stocks up

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

U.S. ethanol production last week averaged less than a million barrels a day for just the second time this year. The last time below that mark was the first week of 2018. The U.S. [Read More…]

Pope invites Chilean sex abuse victims to Vatican for private meetings

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Franco Origlia/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis had invited three Chilean victims of clerical sexual abuse to visit him at his residence in the Vatican this weekend and meet with [Read More…]

Russia cries foul after US inspectors enter shuttered Seattle consulate

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

iStock/Thinkstock(SEATTLE) — U.S. inspectors have swept the Russian consulate in Seattle after the Trump administration ordered Russia to vacate the property in a dramatic response to Russia’s alleged poisoning of an ex-spy in the United [Read More…]

Museum and memorial for lynching victims set to open

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

iStock/Thinkstock(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, also referred to as the lynching museum, opens in Montgomery, Alabama, on Thursday. The memorial and museum are a project of the nonprofit Equal Justice [Read More…]

State Dept team investigating alleged atrocities against Rohingya as US weighs new sanctions

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A team of U.S. investigators has been on the ground with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, conducting interviews and gathering evidence for a possible criminal case against Myanmar’s government for allegedly committing atrocities [Read More…]

Suspect, 72, arrested in decades-old ‘Golden State Killer’ case: District attorney

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A 72-year-old man has been arrested in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The “Golden State Killer” is believed to have killed at least 12 [Read More…]

Former police officer, 72, arrested in decades-old ‘Golden State Killer’ case

April 25, 2018 nedvedmedia

Sacramento Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — A 72-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” case in California, according to officials in Sacramento. The “Golden State Killer” is believed to have [Read More…]