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Police respond to reports of a man with a gun at California high school
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Police are responding to reports of a man with a gun at a Palmdale, California, high school. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for additional information.
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Severe weather expected to last through weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Threats of severe weather remain Friday — especially in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska — as more than 160 reports of damaging storms were filed on Thursday throughout the U.S. Winds in [Read More…]
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Severe weather expected to last through weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Threats of severe weather remain Friday — especially in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska — as more than 160 reports of damaging storms were filed on Thursday throughout the U.S. Winds in [Read More…]
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Out-of-control truck smashes light poles after climbing highway median
iStock/Thinkstock(HAMPTON, Wis.) — A driver in Wisconsin was led away in handcuffs Thursday after the truck he was driving skipped up a highway median and uprooted two light poles. No one was hurt in the [Read More…]
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Production adds pressure to beef prices
Beef production is projected to increase through the end of the year. Jim Mintert, with Purdue’s Center for Commerical Agriculture, says that isn’t good news for beef prices. But, as he tells Brownfield there are other [Read More…]
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Wisconsin’s farmers get green light to produce hemp, hemp products
Wisconsin’s Attorney General says the uncertainty for Wisconsin hemp farmers and processors is over. Brad Schimel tells Brownfield farmers planning on growing industrial hemp can proceed as long as they are licensed and registered through [Read More…]
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Secretary Perdue restarts Back To Our Roots Tour
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is getting back on the road to hear from people in rural communities. This fourth leg of his Back to Our Roots tour starts Monday with stops in New Mexico, Colorado, [Read More…]
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White Yale student calls police on napping black schoolmate, college vows to become ‘truly inclusive’
Michael Marsland/Yale University(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Yale University needs more work to become “truly inclusive,” a dean at the Ivy League school said after a white student there called police on a black classmate who [Read More…]
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Corps of Engineers to increase Missouri River dam releases
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it plans to maintain higher-than-average releases from Missouri River dams over the next several months. The corps says the increased releases are because of the higher-than-average runoff forecast [Read More…]
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Groups say farm bill proposes wrong kind of reforms
Several groups are pushing for farm subsidy reform in the 2018 Farm Bill. Daren Bakst with the Heritage Foundation says the proposed House farm bill has reform – but is headed in the wrong direction. “This [Read More…]
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New study shows industry commitment to responsibly raised beef
A new report by the beef industry highlights how producers are improving in some of the most important areas to consumers. Mandy Carr with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association tells Brownfield the Beef Stewardship Review [Read More…]
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Livestock sectors prepare for FMD
Thirteen states are partaking in a national emergency response training for a Food and Mouth Disease outbreak this week. Emergency management coordinator Brad Deacon with the Michigan Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield a Foot and [Read More…]
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Cattle futures supported by latest Supply/Demand report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, strengthening fundamentals helped push cattle futures higher. Today’s move up was supported by the USDA’s Supply/Demand Report. Beef production for 2018 was reduced by 420 million pounds from last month. [Read More…]
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‘Golden State Killer’ suspect faces 4 more counts of murder
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The “Golden State Killer” suspect has been charged with four more counts of murder in Santa Barbara County, California. Joseph James DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, was taken into [Read More…]
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Police make arrest in ‘road rage’ killing of Air Force veteran
Courtesy Kerrie Harter(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — Missouri police have made an arrest in the killing of a 24-year-old Air Force veteran and Missouri Air National Guard reservist who was stabbed in an apparent road rage [Read More…]
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Tennessee and New York feud over Long Island iced tea’s origin
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Kingsport, Tennessee, is staking a claim on the Long Island iced tea. The city of Kingsport claims the popular cocktail was created in 1920s Prohibition-era Long Island, an island in the Holston [Read More…]
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Highlights from USDA’s May supply and demand report
The USDA projects year to year declines in corn and soybean production. In its first round of estimates for the new marketing year, corn production is seen at 14.040 billion bushels with an average [Read More…]
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USDA lowers most 2018 protein production estimates
The USDA has lowered its outlook for 2018 beef and pork production, because of slowdowns in slaughter rates. Beef is now projected at 27.278 billion pounds and pork is estimated at 26.784 billion. The [Read More…]
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CME dairy markets mostly down Thursday
The dairy markets were mostly down Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Class Three May milk was down $.03 at $15.24 a hundredweight. June was down $.20 to $15.83. July was down $.20 to $16.06. [Read More…]
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USDA expects 6% decline in winter wheat production
The USDA expects this year’s U.S. winter wheat crop to be 1.192 billion bushels, 6% less than the 2017 total of 1.269 billion. The average yield is projected at 48.1 bushels per acre, down [Read More…]