Steve Nedved
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Apr 01
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 1, 2019
May corn closed at $3.61 and 3/4, up 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $8.95 and 1/2, up 11 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $309.40, up $2.90May soybean oil closed at 28.57, up 21 pointsMay wheat closed at $4.62 and 3/4, up 5 centsApr. live cattle closed at $126.17, up 47 centsApr. …
Apr 01
Minnesota Farm Bureau thinking positive about USMCA after DC visit
A Minnesota Farm Bureau member says recent meetings with several congressmen and women have him feeling positive about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement getting ratified. Justin Crowley from Circle Pines was part of a farm bureau lobbying group that visited Washington in mid-March. He tells Brownfield USMCA was discussed frequently. “I’m pretty optimistic after our meetings. We …
Apr 01
Slain college student who got in wrong car ‘had no chance,’ her father says
Columbia Police Department(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Grieving family and friends gathered at a vigil Sunday for University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson, who police say was killed this weekend after getting into a car she mistakenly thought was an Uber. “Samantha was by herself. She had absolutely no chance,” her father, Seymour Josephson, said at …
Apr 01
Funeral services scheduled for fifth grader who died after classroom fight in South Carolina
Family Photo(WALTERBORO, S.C.) — The family of a fifth grader who died after suffering injuries from a classroom fight with another girl announced that funeral services would be held for the 10-year-old this week. A “celebration” to honor the life of Raniya Wright was scheduled for noon Wednesday at Saints Center Ministries in Walterboro, South …
Apr 01
Female astronaut clears up why the all-female spacewalk was canceled: ‘That was my recommendation’
(ABC News) Astronauts Nick Hague, Anne McClain, center, and Christina Koch speak on board the International Space Station.(NEW YORK) — Social media users quickly reacted to NASA’s announcement last month that it would cancel the first-ever all-female spacewalk because of a lack of medium-size spacesuits on the International Space Station. Now, the female astronaut who …
Apr 01
Exports remain key to profitability
Beef and pork exports started of 2019 with a less than stellar performance and that’s not good news for US producers. In this Managing for Profit – a livestock economist takes a closer look at exports, how values are holding up, and what all of this potentially means to profitability as production is expected to …
Apr 01
University of Hartford student arrested for allegedly stabbing fellow classmates while ‘acting out’ movie scene
kali9/iStock(HARTFORD, Conn.) — A 21-year-old college student in Hartford, Conn., is facing attempted murder charges after police say he stabbed two fellow classmates while rehearsing a scene from a movie as a class assignment. University of Hartford student Jake Wascher was “acting out” a scene from a film when he allegedly began stabbing both victims …
Apr 01
Local Sports for Monday April 1st
Sometimes teams get off to a slow start in the spring after a long winter as teams get used to being outside and getting in shape. That was not the case for the Mitchell spring high school baseball team. Mitchell headed out west and went 4-0 by sweeping Douglas on Saturday 18-3 and 17-3 then …
Apr 01
American arrested for trying to steal part of train tracks at Auschwitz
Gatsi/iStock(MOSCOW) — A 37-year-old American man has been arrested for attempted theft in Poland after trying to steal part of the train tracks at former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to Polish officials. Malgorzata Jurecka, a police spokeswoman in the near-by town of Oswiecim told ABC News the man, who is from Texas, was “charged …
Apr 01
Luke Combs plans a “Beautiful Crazy” 4th of July with Willie Nelson
ABC/Image Group LALuke Combs will be spending Independence Day this year with Willie Nelson in Texas. The “Beautiful Crazy” hitmaker is set to play Willie’s annual 4th of July Picnic this summer. The event will take place at Circuit of the Americas Austin360 Amphitheater, in the capital of the Lone Star State. Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Steve Earl & the …
