Steve Nedved
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Apr 02
Kane Brown hopes to turn his luck around in Vegas, as he heads to Sin City for the ACMs
ABC/Image Group LA Kane Brown is nominated for Single of the Year for “Heaven” at Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. After being shut out at the CMA Awards in Nashville in November, he admits the recognition is particularly satisfying. “You know, just being nominated for the ACMs is awesome,” Kane reflects. …
Apr 01
Nearly 300 Wisconsin LGM Dairy farmers qualify for MPP
Wisconsin’s FSA director Sandy Chalmers says about 300 Wisconsin dairy farmers signed up for LGM Dairy while nearly 56-hundred signed up for MPP in the last farm bill, but the new farm bill allows all to benefit from changes to MPP made last year. “Congress made improvements to MPP and I believe inadvertently locked those …
Apr 01
Wisconsin FSA ready to assist with Nebraska, Iowa, disasters
Wisconsin’s state FSA Director says they are prepared to help other states dealing with disasters. Sandy Chalmers tells Brownfield, “We’ll be ready to go when we’re asked.” Wisconsin Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Sandra Chalmers USDA Photo by Preston Keres Chalmers says when there is a widespread disaster such as the flooding in …
Apr 01
NPPC leader concerned about Trump’s border threat
The National Pork Producers Council is concerned about President Trump’s threat to shut down the Mexican border. NPPC spokesman Jim Monroe tells Brownfield, “Cutting off trade entirely would be catastrophic.” He says producers are already feeling the impact of strained trade relations with Mexico, where the U.S. sold nearly 1.5 billion dollars worth of pork …
Apr 01
Animal ag provides opportunity for a young Nebraskan to return to the farm
Debbie and Hannah Borg When Hannah Borg graduates from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this spring, she will return to the family farm near Allen to manage three new pullet barns, part of the Costco/Lincoln Premium Poultry project in eastern Nebraska. At the recent open house for those new “Springbank Poultry” barns, we visited with Hannah …
Apr 01
Police investigating the death of 4 people at North Dakota business as possible homicides
Kali9/Getty Images(MANDAN, N.D.) — Police in North Dakota are investigating the death of four people whose bodies were discovered at a business Monday morning as potential homicides. The bodies of three males and one female were discovered at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan around 7:30 a.m., according to the Mandan Police Department. The bodies …
Apr 01
Video shows journey asylum seekers take to enter US
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(EL PASO, Tex.) — The razor wire cuts the man’s face and blood trickles down his jawline. More noticeable, however, are the screams of the children. It’s a cold late December morning near Yuma, Arizona, and smugglers had led dozens of asylum seekers to a breached part of the border wall that traverses …
Apr 01
What to know about Manhattan’s congestion pricing plan
Yukinori Hasumi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — There are still some pothole-sized gaps in what’s known about the newly-approved congestion pricing charge that is slated to help curb traffic in Manhattan and raise funds for the city’s public transportation system. The congestion pricing plan, which will be the first of its kind in the U.S., was included …
Apr 01
Cold, wet start to the season for Ohio farmers
Ohio farmers are experiencing a cold and wet start to the season. Although there was less than one day suitable for fieldwork last week, there were reports of chemical and manure applications in some areas of the state. The USDA says winter wheat appeared stressed because of saturated soils, and 28 percent good of the …
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. …
